House Passes Legislation to Fund the Government, Defund ObamaCare

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September 20, 2013 -

House Passes Legislation to Fund the Government, Defund ObamaCare

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives has passed a short-term continuing resolution (CR) to fund the federal government through December 15, 2013. Current funding expires on September 30, 2013. Congressman Westmoreland supported the legislation. Below is his statement.
“I have said time and again that I would only support a CR if it included language to defund ObamaCare. And thanks to the prodding by conservative members and the overwhelming support of the American people, the CR we passed today included language to both fund the government while defunding ObamaCare.
“My vote today was not some abstract vote in opposition to ObamaCare. It was for the people of Georgia’s Third District who are already suffering under this law. People like Julie from Thomaston who is seeing her premium go up ten percent and her deductible more than double – from $1000 to $2500. And people like Tedra from Sharpsburg whose husband’s weekly health care contribution jumped from $18 per week to $150 per week. This is the real cost of this law and it has got to go.
“Now I know there are some in the Senate who are threatening to strip out the defunding language, but I strongly urge my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in the Senate to listen to the American people as the House did and to pass this continuing resolution without any amendments. The American people are sick and tired of the brinkmanship in Washington. Instead of threatening a government shutdown in order to keep the president’s unpopular health care law intact – even though the president himself has admitted it’s not ready to be enacted – the Senate needs to pass the CR we have sent to them as is as quickly as possible,” stated Westmoreland.