Thank you very much (but hope someone cleans it up and fleshes it out). By the way, if the House cannot carve out Obamacare for defunding as a single program, then they’ll just have to provide zero funds for the departments involved. I don’t know exactly how many departments are charged, but I believe a large part of it is in HHS. Therefore, the House should reject the senate’s amendment funding Obamacare, then send up another “clean” bill funding all of the government, but defunding HHS (it’s unconstitutional anyway—that kind of stuff is all reserved to the states and the people by the constitution). They definitely have constitutional grounds to do this. Or, they could simply cut the funding for HHS and the IRS, etc, enough that they cannot possibly hire the new people required to rollout obamacare.
Obama/Reid arrogantly refuse to negotiate? Fine. Let the House wield it’s constitutional power of the purse to deny them their commie loot.
The House can do lots more like this running right up to Nov 2014. And the people have their backs. If they don’t cave, look for Republican/tea party sweeps in 2014/2016.
I don’t see any reason to re-elect those who do cave.
Hey House members, do what we sent you to do, Wield the Power of the Purse!
You said it best Jim: "Therefore, the House should reject the senate’s amendment funding Obamacare, then send up another “clean” bill funding all of the government, but defunding HHS (it’s unconstitutional anyway—that kind of stuff is all reserved to the states and the people by the constitution). They definitely have constitutional grounds to do this. Or, they could simply cut the funding for HHS and the IRS, etc, enough that they cannot possibly hire the new people required to rollout obamacare."
"Obama/Reid arrogantly refuse to negotiate? Fine. Let the House wield it’s constitutional power of the purse to deny them their commie loot."
I haven't been this fired up since the 2010 elections. Burn up those phones folks and make Jim's post go viral!
Don't Cave House Members!!