Why John Boehner might shun Obamacare fight, pass clean CR, avoid shutdown, and move on

Saturday is decision day for House Republicans.

A week ago, they sent a continuing resolution to the Senate that included a provision to defund Obamacare. Now, they've received the resolution back, minus the Obamacare provision.

So what do they do? Do they attach some new measure to the resolution and send it back to the Senate -- with the hours ticking away before a possible government shutdown? Or do they drop efforts to defund, delay, or amend Obamacare and simply pass the "clean" continuing resolution before them?


http://washingtonexaminer.com/why-boehner-might-shun-obamacare-fight-avoid-shutdown-and-move-on/article/2536536

A couple of hours ago, I read he is going to let it shut down. I hope he stands his ground.

Me too. It is time to make a statement!

“We’ve had enough of the disunity in our party,” Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) told the meeting of House Republicans Saturday afternoon. “The headlines are Republicans fighting Republicans. This will unite us. This protects the people who sent us here from Obamacare.”

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/09/house-gop-budget-strategy-government-shutdown-97496.html#ixzz2gEMYv86T