Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) is leading an unpopular campaign to encourage Republicans not to vote for any resolution that funds Obamacare. As the White House has already stated that funding the president's signature legislative accomplishment is non-negotiable, this strategy would likely lead to a government shutdown that would delay soldiers' paychecks as we wind down the Afghanistan war and possibly begin a new conflict in Syria. Speaker John Boehner stated that any raising of the limit would require the president to agree to cuts in "mandatory" spending--Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, government pensions and Obamacare. |