A Republican senator criticized the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government through next year as a vehicle for funding the healthcare reform law.
"Using the end-of-the-year spending bill as a Trojan horse to fund the new federal healthcare law is hardly the mandate from the November elections," said Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) in a statement Thursday.
The House passed the CR on Wednesday night by a narrow margin, bringing the government one step closer to being funded through Sept. 30.
However, Coburn said, the CR includes funding for a number of provisions in the reform law, and he urged other members who campaigned on defunding the healthcare reform measure to oppose the CR.
"It’s time for Congress to extend current tax rates, pass a clean spending bill — a ‘continuing resolution’ — without extraneous and vague healthcare provisions, and go home," he said.
The Hill
"Using the end-of-the-year spending bill as a Trojan horse to fund the new federal healthcare law is hardly the mandate from the November elections," said Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) in a statement Thursday.
The House passed the CR on Wednesday night by a narrow margin, bringing the government one step closer to being funded through Sept. 30.
However, Coburn said, the CR includes funding for a number of provisions in the reform law, and he urged other members who campaigned on defunding the healthcare reform measure to oppose the CR.
"It’s time for Congress to extend current tax rates, pass a clean spending bill — a ‘continuing resolution’ — without extraneous and vague healthcare provisions, and go home," he said.
The Hill
2 comments:
Screw that next election they are gone. It's time we clean house on both sides of the aisle I hope democrats will form their own kind of TEA party and drain their swamp as well. I think we have more in common then we think however our politicians keep us divided to rob us.
If we don't approve this funding, government will just plain come to a screeching halt.
Wait. That's a GREAT idea!
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