Next step? Fight and get solidly on record as being against it, then move in after the Uniparty forces it through in favor of whomever tit is they are working for
Then, while they’re at it, get rid of the parent of obamacare, LBJs Medicare, which the GOP should’ve blocked in 1965
Stay firm with the DEFUND demand. Stay firm in the plan to continue funding government EXCEPT OBAMACARE.
Here’s how a scenario might play out...
When Obama demagogues Republicans for “shutting down the government,” Republicans should tell the pundits and the public, at every opportunity, that their CR does, in fact, fund the entire federal government, EXCEPT OBAMACARE.
If Obama threatens to default on the federal debt, the House should immediately pass and send to the Senate a bill appropriating the funds to pay the debt and no more.
And if the Senate refuses to pass it or the president refuses to sign it, Republicans should demand that Harry Reid and/or Barack Obama explain why.
If the president lays off, say, thousands of postal workers, the House should immediately appropriate the funds to hire them back BUT NOT FUND OBAMACARE, and if the Senate refuses...well, you get the idea.
Whatever Obama threatens to “shut down,” immediately appropriate the funds to prevent the “shutdown.” EXCEPT OBAMACARE.