Forty-three House Republicans on Thursday endorsed legislation that would keep the government open while defunding ObamaCare. The sponsorship total reveals that there is a significant bloc of opposition to a plan from GOP leaders that would avoid a government shutdown by requiring that the Senate take a vote on the healthcare law.
Conservatives decried that plan as a "gimmick," forcing House
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and his team to push back a vote until at
least next week. The new measure from
Rep. Tom Graves (R-Ga.) gives House conservatives the hardline approach they
have been seeking by tying the extension of basic government funding to a
one-year delay in ObamaCare. Read more:
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