[Jim Robinson]

Amen. And there’s a long list of federal departments, agencies and programs that can stand defunding. If the people feel any of them are really and truly needed, the individual states can take them up (per the US Constitution). The feds have no constitutional authority in labor, commerce, transportation, energy, health, education, welfare, housing, banking, insurance, free enterprise, free markets, etc, etc, etc. Again per the US Constitution, that’s all reserved to the states and the people.

[spawn44]

WAPO nice try with the propaganda piece. Problem is your credibility has gone into the sewer along with the democrat parties. Government health care is not a winning prescription for anyone other that HARD CORE COMMUNISTS who want to FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE this country, sound familiar.

[Always A Marine]

And still no cave after the senate amends the bill and sends it back to the house. That’s the real strategy. The house must reject whatever the senate sends back that enables obamacare to go forward. Then they must send “clean” funding bills to fund each essential department, one by one. And reject what the senate sends back if they amend it. Do this all they way to 2014 if necessary. Hold the line!

Bingo! The real test will come after the Senate rejects the CR just passed by the House. Last week I told my GOP congressman that I expect him to fight to the finish -- and to come home either as a victor or carried dead on his shield.