Recommend this article  Republicans portray Planned Parenthood
as primarily focused on performing abortions and _ intentionally
or not _ using American taxpayer dollars to do it.   In the
budget maelstrom Friday stood Planned Parenthood Federation of
America, a 90-year-old organization now part of a decades-long
congressional battle over abortion. Republicans wanted any
legislation keeping the government operating to bar federal
dollars for Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest provider of
abortions. They wanted to distribute the money to the states.
Late Friday, the White House and congressional negotiators
reached a deal on the budget and a compromise on Planned
Parenthood funds. Under the agreement, the Senate will hold a
vote on the money, and it's likely it would reject the House
effort to cut off the cash.  Abortion nearly scuttled President
Barack Obama's health care overhaul in the final hours of debate
last March. A year later, the stakes were higher, the political
rhetoric fierce and the clai