The bill passed the House Wednesday evening on a 285-144 vote -- all House Democrats voted in favor of the bill and were joined by 87 Republicans. The Senate earlier voted 81-18 for the bill.
Meanwhile, the GOP Civil War continues to heat up. There is a whole lot of finger-pointing going on right now within the Party. Grover Norquist didn't have any good things to say about Ted Cruz and the rest of the ObamaCare defunders. Tea-Bagger Raul Labrador (R-ID) reacted to the GOP defeat by threatening other Republicans:
"I'm more upset with my Republican conference, to be honest with you. It's been Republicans here who apparently always want to fight, but they want to fight the next fight, that have given Speaker Boehner the inability to be successful in this fight. *** So if anybody should be kicked out, it's probably those Republicans... who are unwilling to keep the promises they made to the American people. Those are the people who should be looking behind their back."Fun times ahead. Stay tuned.
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I loved Norquist's description of Bush/Cheney on the Iraq invasion: step 1 invade Iraq; step 2 it turns into Kansas. You'd think he was a fan of South Park and in particular the Underpants Gnomes episode: step 1 collect underpants; step 2 ?; step 3 profit.
Norquist has actually been saying some pretty good stuff lately. I like when he said that Cruz pushed the House Tea-Baggers into traffic then walked away.
These people are completely detached from reality, and their decent achievements at framing issues in the past has made them think they can sell Orwellian rewrites that are off the charts absurd, e.g.: http://thehill.com/video/house/328605-gop-rep-calls-tense-exchange-with-msnbc-reporter-inappropriate
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