“Obviously we don’t have 218 [votes] or we wouldn’t have pulled it,” said Rep. Tom Cole (R-Okla.), a member of the whip team who is close to leadership. The plan devised by Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) would link a resolution withholding funds for the healthcare reform law with a bill to keep the government running through mid-December. If passed by the House, the Senate would have to vote on the healthcare measure before it could act on the spending bill, and the spending bill could still become law even if Senate Democrats were to vote down the defunding of ObamaCare. Read more: thehill/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/321655-house-gop-to-delay-vote-on-government-funding-measure#ixzz2eggBPlPi Follow us: @thehill on Twitter | TheHill on Facebook
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