Cruz: No Procedural Chicanery to Circumvent Obamacare Defunding Vote

WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) released the following statement on the fight to defund Obamacare:

"Last night, news reports surfaced that the House of Representatives might vote to 'defund Obamacare' in a way that easily allows Senate Democrats to keep funding Obamacare. If House Republicans go along with this strategy, they will be complicit in the disaster that is Obamacare.

"The American people are not surprised that politicians in Washington--of both parties--are afraid to take a stand. But another symbolic vote against Obamacare is meaningless. Obamacare is the biggest job killer in America, and people are hurting.

"House Republicans should pass a continuing resolution that funds government in its entirety--except Obamacare--and that explicitly prohibits spending any federal money, mandatory or discretionary, on Obamacare. They should not use any procedural chicanery to enable Harry Reid to circumvent that vote.

"If you oppose Obamacare, don't fund Obamacare. Our elected leaders should listen to the American people."

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