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House passes spending bill to defund Obamacare
The Washington Times ^ | September 20, 2013 | Stephen Dina

Posted on 09/20/2013 8:44:24 AM PDT by yoe

House Republicans passed their stopgap funding bill Friday to keep government open while terminating the new health care law, setting up a final showdown next week with Senate Democrats and President Obama who have firmly rejected that.

The 230-189 vote, which split almost exclusively along party lines, is the precursor to the big action next week, when the Senate is expected to strip out the health care provisions and send the bill back to the House — where Republicans will have to decide whether they can accept it at that point.

All sides are racing a Sept. 30 deadline, which is when current government funding runs out. The new measure would fund the government through Dec. 15, essentially at last year’s levels, and would leave the budget sequesters in place.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; defundobamacarevote; obamacarevote
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To: Hoodat
http://www.therightscoop.com/speaker-boehners-killer-ad-attacking-obama/
61 posted on 09/20/2013 11:43:39 AM PDT by seekthetruth (I still want a Commander In Chief who honors and supports our Military!)
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To: yoe

I wonder just how much money is being saved by NOT funding commie-care?

This year, two years, ten years worth of savings?


62 posted on 09/20/2013 11:43:55 AM PDT by TLI ( ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: C210N

Thank you.


63 posted on 09/20/2013 12:06:22 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was lost but now I'm found; blind but now I see.)
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To: spel_grammer_an_punct_polise

You were taxed for 50 years, you were never paying into an account.

It might be the most obvious form of redistribution of wealth, that redistribution occurring from young to old and is socialism.

Along with Obamacare, the House should be voting to defund this and Medicare (socialism also)


64 posted on 09/20/2013 12:15:37 PM PDT by MadIsh32 (In order to be pro-market, sometimes you must be anti-big business)
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To: yoe

“What difference does it make”.

I mean, this is bad politics. Congress should pass individual stopgap spending bills to fund the military, VA, State Department, and other legitimate functions of government - and pass them one at a time in separate bills. Do not defund ObamaCare until all legitimate non-ObamaCare functions are funded at the desired level. Then, once it’s a question of shutting down just frivolous nonsense that is outside the scope of the Enumerated Powers, that is the time to face down Obama. If he wants to shut down HHS, that will get a big yawn from 80% of the country and 100% of productive members of society.


65 posted on 09/20/2013 12:27:29 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Shall not be infringed" is unambiguous.)
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To: MulberryDraw; Kaslin

“Down in the mouth freepers start their “it doesn’t matter” chants in 3,2,1,...”

99% of the time I’d resemble that comment, but this time...no.

This was the right fight, and I’m surprised that the House actually picked it up. Do I think we’ll prevail? Not really. But we can’t expect our representatives to do THEIR jobs if we won’t do OUR jobs.

So pick up the phones, folks. Call your Rep if they voted to defund and say THANK YOU. Call your senators and ask them to DEFUND.


66 posted on 09/20/2013 12:37:07 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: Revel

“Yup....This for show. Watch how fast they cave when the Senate sends it back.”

We’ll see. Do I think we’ll prevail? Not really. But we can’t expect our representatives to do THEIR jobs if we won’t do OUR jobs and support them when they do the right thing. Even if it’s by sheer coincidence.


67 posted on 09/20/2013 12:40:11 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: A Formerly Proud Canadian

“Can 0.00bama fund it through an EO, as an ‘emergency’ measure, bearing in mind that 0.00 has made so many changes to legislation through EOs, rather than Congress? (This is NOT a suggestion, merely a query by a Canuck who does not know the ins and outs of the US government, particularly funding.)”

He can try anything he wants. Would he prevail? On this, probably not. Congress is pretty jealous of the purse strings.


68 posted on 09/20/2013 12:41:43 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: max americana

“Exactly. I know those puss* so-called Freepers. A bunch of defeatist surrender monkeys. It’s like they already accepted their fate, can’t fight back and end up bitching and whining on FR.”

Well, I’d probably be considered one. On this, though, I’m going to go along with the team.

I think it’s the right fight and so long as the gop wing of the uniparty continues that fight, I’ll support it. I’m not agreeing to swap spit with them, just supporting them when they do the very right thing and attempt to defund this obamanation.

We can’t expect these folks to do their job if we won’t do our job and support them when they do step a little out of their comfort zone and do the right thing.


69 posted on 09/20/2013 12:46:13 PM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Power disintegrates when people withdraw their obedience and support)
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To: MadIsh32

“You were taxed for 50 years, you were never paying into an account.”

That is not my problem. I want my money back with interest.

YOU can repeal it AFTER I get my money back.....with interest!


70 posted on 09/20/2013 12:52:54 PM PDT by spel_grammer_an_punct_polise (Learn three chords and you, too, can be a Rock Star!)
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To: yoe
Watch them cave when the Senate sends it back. We all know it's going to happen, because that's what the GOP does when King BHO & the DemoNazis send a bill back. The GOP couldn't beat the Liberal girly man King BHO if they wanted.
71 posted on 09/20/2013 1:03:36 PM PDT by KwHorn77 (The GOP needs to get some Nads.)
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To: RedMDer

Thanks for all the Senators Numbers and e-mail addys!


72 posted on 09/20/2013 1:11:25 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MulberryDraw

If FREEPERS really cared about getting rid of Obamacare, they would have supported Michele Bachmann for President.


73 posted on 09/20/2013 1:23:18 PM PDT by napscoordinator ( Santorum-Bachmann 2016 for the future of the Country!)
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To: yoe
Read HERE

The objections to the defunding strategy are as unconvincing as they are feckless. Naysayers argue that President Obama will never sign a bill to fund government operations that slashes his signature achievement. Thus, the argument goes, defunding can only result in a government shutdown for which, thanks to Obama’s slavish media, Republicans will be blamed. Also trotted out, of course, is the bromide the GOP establishment chants to rationalize its supine posture whenever opportunities arise to oppose Obama’s hard Left agenda: “We only control one-half of one-third of the government, so we cannot dictate policy.”

Resistance is futile, in other words, so why resist at all? It’s an ironic argument since it seems Republican leadership only resists when doing so is futile, when the resistance is token. Thus the prior votes to repeal Obamacare, all forty of them, taken in the comfortable knowledge that they had no chance of succeeding – just going through the motions in faux fulfillment of a commitment to the base to work tirelessly to undo the law. But when something might not be futile – when it could actually work, and therefore entails hard work and risk – we generally find leadership in folderoo mode, babbling its one-half-of-one-third mantra.
74 posted on 09/20/2013 2:19:15 PM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: yoe

The GOP is great at conservative speech making.

Action never happens, government always gets bigger, the debt ceiling is extended higher and higher.

The GOPe leadership reads the opinion polls and they know speaking against Obamacare right now is good politics.

Real change and real action will not happen. Republicans and Democrats grow government and move us further to the left at different rates of speed.

George W. Bush: 2008 bailout, Medicare Part D, Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration, the Patriot Act opening the door to NSA spying etc. etc. etc.


75 posted on 09/20/2013 2:26:09 PM PDT by Nextrush (BALANCED BUDGET NOW, PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN,CHANGE I BELIEVE IN)
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To: yoe

This is frighteningly unusual for the House. Maybe the best parts of Ted Cruz and Rand Paul are rubbing off on the rest of them?


76 posted on 09/20/2013 2:50:52 PM PDT by freedom462
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To: freedom462

I don’t know about that, the House is already the more Conservative part of congress by far.

Remember how they didn’t let that Farm Bill go through? The House has already voted against Obamacare in symbolic gestures.


77 posted on 09/20/2013 3:33:42 PM PDT by BeadCounter (Really? Syria?)
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To: freedom462

The Senate passed immigration, the House tabled it.


78 posted on 09/20/2013 3:34:44 PM PDT by BeadCounter (Really? Syria?)
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To: HOYA97

List doesn’t mean much w/out the formatting.


79 posted on 09/20/2013 3:40:09 PM PDT by upchuck (nobamacare must be stopped before it can live down to our expectations.)
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To: yoe

Well done. Now, hold the line!


80 posted on 09/20/2013 4:19:46 PM PDT by Rapscallion (Vlad the Impaler proposed no path to citizenhip. Consider that.)
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