It's not the end of the debate by any stretch, but one encouraging sign from the new Republican House is their vote last week to cut off funding for Planned Parenthood. Obviously, the Democrat-controlled Senate will have their say, and Obama will have his influence over the final version of the budget as well, but the reason this is encouraging is that it means the libertarian amoralism which has been growing in the Republican party and is certainly a major (if not the majority) force in the Tea Party is not getting the House to heed its advice to avoid social issues and focus entirely on economic issues.
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