Roll Call says GOP efforts to defund Obamacare are creating a big headache for Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).
“With 60 Republicans already pushing the Ohio Republican to defund
Obamacare in any spending bill, the speaker may not be able to cobble
together a House majority on a bill that President Barack Obama would
sign without Democratic votes. And he’s not likely to get those votes
for free.”
First Read: “We have an additional question here: What does Senate Minority Leader
Mitch McConnell do? Does he join the Mike Lees, Marco Rubios, and Ted
Cruzes who want to defund Obamacare, so he doesn’t give GOP primary
opponent Matt Bevin any room to maneuver? Or does he join with the Tom
Coburns and Richard Burrs to make the point that such a move only sets
up the GOP to get blamed if there’s a government shutdown? Republican
need to use August to come to some sort of consensus, because right now,
even as the president’s popularity may be waning, the GOP public
infighting and lack of agreement here is only helping the White House.”