House Passes CR To Avoid Government Shutdown, Reid And White House Say No!

House Republicans voted early Sunday morning for a temporary spending bill, a CR that includes a one-year delay for ObamaCare. The move both averts a government shutdown and increases the chance of a government shutdown with Harry Reid and Senate Democrats backed by the White House vowing to reject the measure ahead of a Monday night deadline. The Republican-led House passed the proposal 231-192 in one of two amendments attached to a Senate spending bill passed Friday night. The lower chamber also passed an amendment 248-174 to repeal the health-care law’s medical-device tax and unanimously voted 423-0 to approve a bill to pay the military on time if a temporary shutdown should occur. The final tallies came in after midnight, and the House adjourned until 10 AM ET Monday, shortly thereafter. “I don’t think we’re near the precipice of a shutdown,” House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., said after the votes. “We are on the precipice.” The vote to delay ObamaCare went along party lines, with two Democrats joining the Republicans in voting for the amendment and two Republicans voting against the amendment, while 17 Democrats voted with every Republican member of the House to repeal the medical-device tax. “Why are we doing this?” asked Tennessee Republican Rep.



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