What Could Happen with the Obamacare Defunding Standoff PingPong!

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What Could Happen with the Obamacare Defunding Standoff …PingPong!…

Guide to the Capitol Hill stand-off over defunding ObamaCare

…But with the moments ticking on the clock, one wonders how much time remains. Spend too much time on congressional table tennis, and it's suddenly Oct. 1 without a government funding bill.

And that creates such big decisions for House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, as to how to address the Senate bill when it's ponged back to the House. Can his conference stomach a bill that funds ObamaCare? Or does Boehner turn to pass the stripped-down bill with just some Republicans and a host of Democrats?

That gambit has worked before for Boehner, most significantly on the bill to provide aid after Hurricane Sandy. The House approved the package with just 49 Republican yeas and 192 Democratic yes's.

And the question, then, is what do the rank-and-file make of Boehner if he goes down that road?

Read:

Guide to the Capitol Hill stand-off over defunding ObamaCare | Fox News

Could be a bumpy road. Hold on!