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The likelihood of a government shutdown in in 18 days increased Thursday, when House Republican leadership delayed a vote on a recently introduced continuing resolution, scheduled for Thursday. The reason is simple: they just don’t have the votes.




Republicans remain divided on funding for the Affordable Care Act, the new health care law commonly referred to as Obamacare, according to Reuters and other news sources.


House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky., introduced the stopgap measure on Tuesday to keep the government running past the end of September and to give lawmakers some breathing room to find a permanent solution to the budget issues. It appropriated $986.3 billion to keep the government running until Dec. 15.


However, the legislation didn’t include language to defund Obamacare. House leadership instead chose to include a concurrent resolution with specific language that no money funding should go toward implementing Obamacare. The leaders were hoping this would force the Senate to vote on the defunding legislation. Conservatives among the rank and file want the "defund Obamacare" language included in the main bill.


Now, without Republican support, leadership is left in search of a new strategy, particularly one that would get the votes.


Some Senate Republicans have also balked at the House leadership’s plan calling it a procedural trick that would allow the Democrats to vote down the defund bill and pump money into the health care law.


The government will need new funding on Oct. 1, as the current resolution ends on Sept. 30. The Treasury also faces a potential default in mid-October, meaning the budget battles will drag on.



Government Shutdown 2013: House Delays Continuing Resolution Vote, Lacks Support

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