The Continuing Resolution Battle

The GOP voted to continue funding Obamacare yesterday by voting the Continuing Resolution out of the House. Fifty four Republicans voted against the measure. Click here to find out whether your representative was one of the members that voted in favor of the CR.

I called a number of GOP House members last week and got the standard talking point from their staffers that Representative X won't know how they'll be voting on the CR until they've actually read the bill (stifle laughter) but that they oppose all funding for Obamacare...

Well, it appears that the 186 Republicans that voted for the CR yesterday aren't really that opposed to funding for Obamacare after all. But I'm just a lowly voter who doesn't understand how things work on the Hill so I guess it's just crazy talk to expect people who were voted into office on the promise of making every effort to defund and repeal Obamacare to actually make every effort to defund and repeal Obamacare.

If you're interested in calling your representative to inquire into their reasons for supporting the CR (I didn't want the government to shut down, Steve King's motion was out of order, I wasn't really being serious when I campaigned on a platform of limited government and cutting spending, etc.), you can find their number by searching for them online or by clicking here.

- Here's former congressman Ernest Istook, now with Heritage, on "How Congress Can Limit the Damage from Obamacare." Well worth a read.