Leaders of the effort to defund the health care law pointed to Friday’s vote to defund Obamacare as a legislative victory and provided additional insight into their plan if the legislation does not succeed in the Senate on Sunday.
“If Harry Reid kills this bill in the Senate, I think the House should hold it’s ground and should begin passing smaller continuing resolutions one department at a time,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R., Texas) said on Fox News Sunday.
“Start with the military. Fund the military. Send it over, and let’s see if Harry Reid is willing to shut down the military just because he wants to force Obamacare on the American people. I think that would be a very perilous decision for Harry Reid to make,” Cruz said.
The House passed the 2014 Defense Appropriations Bill, a separate bill to fund the military, in late July.
Cruz’s statement showed that the senators leading the charge do not intend to back down despite concern from Republicans and political analysts.
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