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BY ELIZABETH HAGEDORN
With the U.S. government just 48 hours away from a partial government shutdown, another
fiscal fight erupted overnight on Capitol Hill.
House Republicans have defied a veto threat by President Obama — pushing forward a spending
measure to delay implementation of Obamacare by a year.
Largely along party lines, the House voted 231 to 192 just after midnight Sunday on the
short term funding measure. (Via C-SPAN)
The measure also repeals the health care law's tax on medical devices — a tax some say
is necessary to help pay for the law. The House also passed separate legislation to
make sure military members get their paychecks in the event of a shutdown. (Via Al Jazeera)
"Will you accept the compromise? If government shuts down its because you have not accepted
the compromise that Republicans have reached out to you." (Via CNN)
"Make no mistake about it, my friends, Republicans, the American people are never going to forget
that it was you who shut down the government." (Via NBC)
The House measure, of course, is a nonstarter in the Democratic-controlled Senate where
its headed next, and President Obama has already threatened a veto. (Via CBS)
The government is set to run out of money midnight on October 1. In a shutdown, critical
services like Social Security payments, border patrol, and mail delivery would continue,
but hundreds of thousands of workers would be told to stay home from work. (Via PBS)
Should the two chambers not reach a compromise on a short-term funding bill, the U.S. would
see its first partial government shutdown in nearly 20 years.