House Republicans intend to use their new muscle to cut off money for President Obama’s health care law. They plan to use the power of the purse to challenge the main component s of the law to force Democrats into a series of votes to defend it (Pear, pg. 1). Republican lawmakers plan to cut funds available to Internal Revenue Service, use spending bills to block federal insurance regulations, limit access to government-subsidized private health plans, eventually shut off funds for the new law. They also plan to propose strict budget caps to minimize spending for domestic programs. A few of Republican Representatives have plans to “repealing Obamacare piece by piece and blocking funds for implementation” says Eric Cantor. Now democrats must stick together and fight to preserved fundamental elements of the law. Both parties are determined to avoid government shut down. “House Republicans cannot enact legislation the president won’t sign,” said R. Scott Lilly, a former Democratic staff director of the House Appropriations Committee. “But the president cannot force them to appropriate money they don’t want to appropriate.” (Pear, pg. 1).
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