WASHINGTON — Thwarted by the U.S. Senate’s insistence on funding the government without attaching any Obamacare riders, the House of Representatives Saturday chose a new confrontational path, dramatically raising the odds of a government shutdown in less that three days.
Egged on by the tea party and like-minded leaders such as Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah), the House earlier this month decided to link the funding of the government to ending President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act. The Senate stripped those provisions, leaving the House to meet in an unusual Saturday session.
The new plan would include a one-year delay of Obamacare. The bill also would call for a full repeal of the law’s tax on medical devices, which many members on both sides of the aisle support, but which helps pay for the cost of health-care reform. The bill would include funding for military personnel and would continue funding the government itself until Dec. 15, 2013.
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