Saturday night in the House of Representatives. Tonight the House will send the CR back to the Senate with the following amendments.
House Will Vote on Plan to Keep Government Open, Stop ObamaCare
Sep 28, 2013
Washington- House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and GOP Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) released the following joint statement:
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“The American people don’t want a government shut down and they don’t want ObamaCare. That’s why later today, the House will vote on two amendments to the Senate-passed continuing resolution that will keep the government open and stop as much of the president’s health care law as possible.
“The first amendment delays the president’s health care law by one year. And the second permanently repeals ObamaCare’s medical device tax that is sending jobs overseas.
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“Both of these amendments will change the date of the Senate CR to December 15th. We will also vote on a measure that ensures our troops get paid, no matter what.
“We will do our job and send this bill over, and then it’s up to the Senate to pass it and stop a government shutdown.”
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If Senate Majority Leader Reid does not take it up, the Government will shut down Tuesday. The House will then submit multiple Resolutions to fund Defense and other non-mandatory government spending. The meaningless finger pointing will continue and the fight will enter a new phase. In the end the exchanges will open and the President will borrow from other departments to fund his signature legislation the ACA.
