Miller backs Obamacare defunding

Congresswoman Candice Miller today announced support for the effort by House Republicans to defund Obamacare.

 The Harrison Township Republican earlier today said that she will vote for a resolution that will continue funding the government through fiscal year 2014 but will delay and block funding for Obamacare.

It remains to be seen if the House GOP can outmaneuver the Senate Democrats and successfully tie an Obamacare defunding provision to a continuing resolution that would avoid a government shutdown on Oct. 1.

In addition, many analysts believe the president has the authority to dodge any legislative machinations designed to pull the plug on the Jan. 1 start of Obamacare.

Here is a portion of what Miller said: 

“Today I informed my colleague, Rep. Tom Graves (R-Georgia) that I will join him when the House reconvenes on Monday as a cosponsor of H.J. Res. 62, the Stability, Security and Fairness Resolution, a measure that will provide for the funding of the government for the entire 2014 fiscal year at the level mandated by the sequester, prioritizes funding for national security and veterans and, most importantly, provides fairness for every American by defunding and delaying ObamaCare until 2015.

“Earlier this year, Senator Max Baucus (D-MT), one of the primary architects of ObamaCare, called the implementation of the health care law a ‘train wreck.’  Since that time the Obama Administration has exempted big businesses from Obamacare mandates, but the American people will still be forced to comply with the law’s many mandates which threaten the care they currently have.  Even staunch allies of President Obama are now seeing the damage this law could inflict. 

“Terence O’Sullivan, president of the Laborers’ International Union of North America, recently said, ‘If the Affordable Care Act is not fixed and it destroys the health and welfare funds that we have fought for and stand for, then I believe it needs to be repealed.’  Three other labor groups including, the Teamsters Union, sent a letter to Democrat Congressional leaders stating (the need for a union exemption).

“… We also have a responsibility to fund the rest of the government with a primary focus on national security, homeland security and veterans while at the same time being true to spending controls that have already been agreed to by Congress in a bipartisan fashion.  This bill does all of that and I am proud to be a co-sponsor of the legislation."