As expected, the House passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government past September 30 that contained a provision to defund the President’s signature healthcare law – the Affordable Care Act – more commonly known as Obamacare. The measure passed the House by a margin of 230 to 189.
The vote to tie defunding Obamacare to a CR came after House Republicans rejected a plan crafted by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) that would have allowed the House to vote to continue funding the government and vote to defund Obamacare but would have given the Senate the ability to pass the CR portion while rejecting the defunding portion.