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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Bid To Defund Obamacare Gains Momentum In Senate GOP

This week it appeared Republican Sens. Ted Cruz and Mike Lee would wage a lonely war over their threat to hold up a continuing resolution to fund the U.S. government if they are not given a vote on a budget amendment to defund Obamacare. Now, it’s not quite so lonely. Sens. Marco Rubio and James Inhofe have joined Cruz and Lee, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that he “looks forward to supporting” the amendment.

It’s a significant step forward for Cruz and Lee. But the Senate Republican caucus remains deeply divided about defunding Obamacare. Sources say that at a Republican caucus lunch a few days ago, several GOP senators expressed opposition to Cruz and Lee’s proposal. And of course, the 55-member Democratic majority will not give it the time of day. But Cruz and Lee are determined to keep up opposition to Obamacare, even though it has flagged in some other quarters of the Republican Party.

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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Here is where the savings will come in.

Anonymous said...

Never going to happen.

Anonymous said...

Obama will just make an executive order funding Obama care. He dosen't care what the Senate wants or even what the majority of the American people want for that matter. Communists and Muslim rulers rule by edict.

Anonymous said...

Time well spent. Working on bills that will never pass because you are in the MINORITY. Quit wasting our time and money. Time to pick another battle. You have lost this one.