With party-line vote, House Rules Cmte rejects amendement by Rep. Louise Slaughter, the panel's top Democrat, to abolish Select Cmte on Benghazi, the Washington Post reports. Slaughter sought to change GOP bill that creates new select cmte on Planned Parenthood; amendment would have removed language on Planned Parenthood and abolished Benghazi cmte Slaughter's move is first official legislative attempt to scuttle House's Benghazi panel; comes a week after Kevin McCarthy, House's No. 2 Republican
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