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House Republicans pass test vote to defund Obamacare; shutdown edges closer
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| 20 Sep 2013
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Posted on 09/20/2013 8:31:43 AM PDT by mandaladon
House Republicans survived a key test vote Thursday on their plan to keep the government running while trying to halt the health care law, defying a veto threat from President Obama and inching closer to a shutdown showdown with Senate Democrats. Top Republicans say their partys strategy is unlikely to succeed and not worth shutting down the government, but some rank-and-file lawmakers said they have to draw a line now and use the leverage of the spending bill to end the presidents signature achievement.
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 113th; aca; bho44; bhohealthcare; congress; defundobamacarevote; federalspending; obamacare; obamacarevote
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To: Resolute Conservative
"We will never get enough override votes"
Maybe so, but spending must be initiated in the house.
If he vetos it, send it back w/ greater cuts.
It going to take brass balls to get it that far but we've crossed the Rubicon--------------BURN THE SHIPS there's no going back!
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:06:05 AM PDT
by
Pietro
To: mandaladon
A vote for Freedom!
Pray America is waking up
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:06:59 AM PDT
by
bray
(Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
To: mandaladon
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:07:44 AM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless.)
To: RinaseaofDs
Actually, it WILL work, because some D senator has to decide whether he or she is going to impale himself on this or support a guy willing to through anyone and everyone under the bus (except Assad and Putin) to achieve his ends.
Right. This is the fight to pass Obamacare in reverse. Then, it was a fight to get that last vote to push it over the top. Now, it is a fight to get those last votes to push it over the edge to its well-deserved death. The advantage here is that America has had years of studying this diseased law and living with its negative effects. A majority of its people hate the law. The winds are in our favor this time.
Obama could still veto it as we won't have 67 votes in the Senate. But he will own it lock, stock and barrel, and if we retake the Senate in 2014 we can try again. By then things will be bad enough that even lameduckbama's own fellow demonrats will provide a veto-proof majority if they want to keep their jobs.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:07:44 AM PDT
by
LostInBayport
(When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
To: mandaladon
for the first time in decades, we take the offensive against the leftists. feels good.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:08:04 AM PDT
by
dadfly
To: mandaladon
To: cuban leaf
But I fear Im excited in the same way those southern gentlemen in the early scenes of "Gone With the Wind" were excited about kicking some yankee butt. :-(I'm more on the line of "GWTW" when Sherman was shelling Atlanta...
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:09:32 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(Opinions are like orgasms: only mine count, and I couldn't care less if you have one...)
To: EQAndyBuzz
I see where you’re coming from, but a direct fight with the media is always a dicey thing.
To: SeekAndFind
Obama just tweeted: “They actually did it.”
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:10:13 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: SeekAndFind
Who’s the 1 Repubie who voted NO???
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:10:15 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(While Marxists continue the fundamental transformation of the USA, progressive RINOs stay silent.)
Wait for the back-channeled deal(you know, the usual screw-you), this seems too good too be true.....
To: cuban leaf
But I suspect our government will be shut down this time. Im kinda excited about it, actually. Last time the talk of a shut down rolled around, I was talking to someone who was a contractor with the Feds. he stated that they were planning on furloughing all "non-essential" workers; keeping those that were needed to keep things afloat during the "shutdown". I asked him that if there were people that were non-essential to the running of the government, then why were they on the payroll?
I got kind of a black stare.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:11:01 AM PDT
by
Turbo Pig
(...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
To: mandaladon
All Bills for raising Revenue shall originate in the House of Representatives; but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments as on other Bills.
U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 7, clause 1
No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.
U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 9, clause 7
To: mylife
Obama’s exchanges won’t be ready for the October 1st enrollment start date.
Yet he is going to be spending millions of taxpayer dollars on advertising for the exchanges that won’t be working.
The train is coming off the tracks.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:13:07 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: RedMDer
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:13:14 AM PDT
by
Graewoulf
(Traitor John Roberts' Commune-Style Obama'care' violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
To: mylife
RE: Obama just tweeted: They actually did it.
This could mean that he did not expect them to do it...
Obama may just be laughing at us, maybe.....something stinks, and since when does Obama plays by the rules.(E.O’s and other ways to skirt the Constitution.)
To: Sacajaweau
Who cares what Obama is doing. FFS, people, you whine and whine about the GOP having no spine, then when they vote the right way, you claim it’s meaningless cause Obama won’t go along. BIG DEAL. He was NEVER going along. When did ANYONE think Obama would go along? sheesh.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:15:47 AM PDT
by
LS
('Castles made of sand, fall in the sea . . . eventually.' Hendrix)
To: yield 2 the right
Obama is crapping himself because the Federal Obamacare exchanges won’t be ready for the October 1st enrollment start date.
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:17:20 AM PDT
by
jimbo123
To: jimbo123
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posted on
09/20/2013 9:17:35 AM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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