On Capitol Hill, House Republicans have approved a budget bill that cuts more than $61 billion from current spending levels and targets key elements of the Obama administration’s agenda, including the nation’s new healthcare law. If the Republican bill became law, federal funding for Planned Parenthood would be cut off. Federal family planning and teen pregnancy prevention grants would end. Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting would be eliminated. In addition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency would be prohibited from imposing regulations curbing greenhouse gas emissions. The EPA’s budget would decrease by $3 billion. Pell Grants for lower-income college students would be reduced by $5.6 billion. And food aid for poor pregnant women and women with children up to the age of five would be cut by $747 million. The House and Senate are set for a showdown over the budget that could result in the temporary shutdown of the government.