House Republicans coalesce behind plan to avert shutdown

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House Republicans coalesce behind plan to avert shutdown

Ryan won GOP support for his short-term government funding bill after including provisions to target Obamacare.

By RACHAEL BADE, SARAH FERRIS and JENNIFER SCHOLTES
  | 01/16/2018 10:05 PM EST
  |  Updated 01/16/2018 11:01 PM EST
 
House Republicans on Tuesday night appeared to coalesce around a short-term funding bill to avert a government shutdown Friday — even as conservatives threatened to oppose it and a bitter fight continued over the fate of more than 700,000 Dreamers.

Speaker Paul Ryan unveiled a plan at a House GOP Conference meeting to fund the government through Feb. 16, and numerous rank-and-file members quickly endorsed it despite their frustration with another short-term patch. To further sweeten the pot, the Wisconsin Republican’s bill also includes a delay of several Obamacare taxes and a six-year extension of a popular health care program for children.

That — combined with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) threats to withhold Democratic votes to help pass the measure — appeared to have won over key GOP skeptics.

“It’s a good strategic position because not only does it offer CHIP [funding] for six years … but you also have a medical device tax delay as well as the Cadillac tax delay,” said Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-N.C.), referring to some of the taxes that would be delayed. “I think it puts Democrats in a very difficult position of having to vote against that in the House or in the Senate.”

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/house-republicans-government-shutdown-343189

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“It’s a good strategic position because not only does it offer CHIP [funding] for six years … but you also have a medical device tax delay as well as the Cadillac tax delay,” said Republican Study Committee Chairman Mark Walker (R-N.C.), referring to some of the taxes that would be delayed. “I think it puts Democrats in a very difficult position of having to vote against that in the House or in the Senate.”

No, it’s not a strategic position.  It’s the same kind of dick move Congress always does.  Everyone outside I-495 knows it.  Vote things up or down on their merits and knock this bush league crap off.  They should be letting the Obamacare exemptions expire, anyway, so people can see what a colossal failure it really is.  It would hit Democrat voting union members hardest and would be just desserts for their support of the previous administration.