House Republicans vote to defund Obamacare with threat to shut down the government

House Republicans passed legislation today to defund Obamacare while keeping the federal government open until December 15, sending the fight to the Senate.

The vote was 230-189. Two Democrats and one Republican broke party lines.

"Let's defund this law now and protect the American people from the economic calamity that we know Obamacare will create," House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) said in a speech before the vote on the House floor. "We should pass this continuing resolution so the Senate can finally begin to do the same."

There is virtually no chance Obamacare will be defunded. Senate Democrats have ruled it out, and the White House has threatened to veto legislation that does so.

And so continues the House Republicans' constant waste of taxpayers time when our lawmakers should be working to improve the economy, not attack ObamaCare as a way to a try and "bring down" a President who has been elected and reelected. It happened, folks. It happened. You'll never change that history. Get to the work of the people.

Best line from the debate - "I invite my colleagues wake up from this radical, ideological wet dream," Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) said before the vote.

(from Talking Points Memo)