Stockman is correct. I do believe this is bait from Obama. Everyone remembers that when Clinton was impeached, Clinton's ratings went UP and the Republicans lost seats in the midterms which stunned everyone. So what happened. The democrat base got all riled up and showed up to vote and support Clinton against the bullies and that is what would happen this time, too.
Obama's voters would be chomping to vote. So the better option is to defund.