Little-Acorn
09-30-2013, 04:54 PM
Republicans offer yet another compromise. Democrats again reject it: It's ther way or the highway.
In between voting down compromise after compromise, the Democrat concentrated on telling reporters the shutdown would not be their fault: It's those Republicans who refuse to compromise.
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Hours Before Shutdown, Senate Kills House Spending Bill Conditions
House Republicans are scrambling after the Senate rejected their latest attempt to derail Obamacare on Monday, stripping the House bill of amendments to delay the law for a year and sending the spending measure back just hours before a government shutdown.
The Senate voted largely down party lines in removing the Obamacare amendment, as well as a provision that would have eliminated the tax on medical devices.
House Republicans had added the provisions early Sunday.
The Senate vote came less than 10 hours before the US government was scheduled to shut down for the first time since 1995.
According to Politico and the Washington Post, House Republicans now plan to propose a bill funding the government but delaying the individual mandate portion of Obamacare, rather than the entire health care reform law.
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House Votes to Keep Government Running & Stop ObamaCare
September 28, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement calling on the United States Senate to approve the House’s plan to keep the government running, delay the president’s health care law for all Americans, and repeal the law’s medical device tax:
“The House has again passed a plan that reflects the American people’s desire to keep the government running and stop the president’s health care law. Repealing the medical device tax will save jobs and delaying the president’s health care law for all Americans is only fair given the exemptions the White House has granted to big businesses and insurance companies. We’ve also voted to ensure that our troops will receive their paychecks no matter what. Now that the House has again acted, it’s up to the Senate to pass this bill without delay to stop a government shutdown. Let’s get this done.”
In between voting down compromise after compromise, the Democrat concentrated on telling reporters the shutdown would not be their fault: It's those Republicans who refuse to compromise.
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http://www.boiseweekly.com/boise/hours-before-shutdown-senate-kills-house-spending-bill-conditions/Content?oid=2991803
Hours Before Shutdown, Senate Kills House Spending Bill Conditions
House Republicans are scrambling after the Senate rejected their latest attempt to derail Obamacare on Monday, stripping the House bill of amendments to delay the law for a year and sending the spending measure back just hours before a government shutdown.
The Senate voted largely down party lines in removing the Obamacare amendment, as well as a provision that would have eliminated the tax on medical devices.
House Republicans had added the provisions early Sunday.
The Senate vote came less than 10 hours before the US government was scheduled to shut down for the first time since 1995.
According to Politico and the Washington Post, House Republicans now plan to propose a bill funding the government but delaying the individual mandate portion of Obamacare, rather than the entire health care reform law.
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House Votes to Keep Government Running & Stop ObamaCare
September 28, 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement calling on the United States Senate to approve the House’s plan to keep the government running, delay the president’s health care law for all Americans, and repeal the law’s medical device tax:
“The House has again passed a plan that reflects the American people’s desire to keep the government running and stop the president’s health care law. Repealing the medical device tax will save jobs and delaying the president’s health care law for all Americans is only fair given the exemptions the White House has granted to big businesses and insurance companies. We’ve also voted to ensure that our troops will receive their paychecks no matter what. Now that the House has again acted, it’s up to the Senate to pass this bill without delay to stop a government shutdown. Let’s get this done.”