On the controversy over the rider in the Republicans legislation to de-fund Planned Parenthood and the imminent Government Shutdown.

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Andrew Ian Dodge, the former Tea Party Patriots coordinator for Maine and a Republican candidate for Senate, slammed the House GOP for pushing the issue.

“I think the social conservatives feel their power ebbing because of the fiscal conservative obsessed Tea Party,” Dodge, who signed onto a letter last year calling on the GOP majority to stick to the economy. “They have made several attempts to take it over and been rebuffed.”