Following today’s cloture vote, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has the opportunity to put forth an amendment stripping the legislation of the language that would cut off funding for the healthcare reform law.
The vote follows reports that Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) were resisting Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and other Republican leaders’ efforts to speed up debate over the resolution. Sen. Cruz took to the Senate floor yesterday and gave a speech that lasted more than 21 hours opposing the PPACA in an attempt to delay consideration of the spending bill, according to a report from The Hill.
Sen. Cruz and some conservative groups had called for Republican senators to filibuster the bill to stop Democrats from setting up a vote to amend the legislation to strip it of the provision eliminating funding for the healthcare reform law. However, Sen. McConnell won’t block the bill because he supports defunding the PPACA while also funding the government without increasing spending, a spokesman told The Hill.
Federal lawmakers must pass a bill to fund the government before Oct. 1 to prevent a shutdown.
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Sen. McConnell Opposes Filibuster of Bill Defunding PPACA
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