Establishment Republicans Surrender: See Whether Your Senators Voted to Fund ObamaCare Here!

Freedom Works ^ | 9/27/13 | Joshua Withrow

[jimbo123]

Last week, Republicans in the House of Representatives, under great pressure from their constituents, came together and passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the federal government, but which disallowed any funding for ObamaCare. This afternoon, Republicans the U.S. Senate betrayed their House colleagues and their constituents by voting to send the CR back the House with funding for ObamaCare.

The critical vote today was a procedural vote - on cloture - to end debate and proceed to votes on amendments and passage of the bill. Ending debate requires 60 votes, meaning that the 46 Republicans in the Senate have the numbers to put a stop to a bill if they so choose. After cloture, the remaining votes, including passage of the bill, require only 50 votes to pass, meaning that the Senate Democrats can pass what they wish without Republican input.

As Senators Mike Lee and Ted Cruz have been reminding their colleagues, a 'yes' on cloture is a vote to fund ObamaCare.

The following 25 Republicans stood shoulder to shoulder with Senator Harry Reid and President Obama to fund ObamaCare:

[Theodore R.]

They can surrender because their primary voters surrendered before they did.

[Republican Wildcat]

Difficult logic...the House bill defunded Obamacare, so no vote should have been allowed on it?

It’s a catch 22, to be sure, because to allow it to move forward then results in allowing it to be amended, but if there is no vote on it, then there is no vote to defund Obamacare, either.