How to delay Obamacare: “Stand up and win the argument.”

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Good news:

Ted Cruz doubles down on threat to defund Obamacare, proposes alternatives

Those of us who joined the tele-town hall a few weeks ago learned that Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Bridenstine (R-OK) had a plan to defund and delay Obamacare. It’s a long shot, but it’s a plan. And Tea Party Patriots are part of that plan. The Obamacare exchanges kick in on October 1, so it’s now or never. We can continue to pressure the Speaker of the House and his fellow foot-draggers by calling them, sending postcards, faxing them and pointing out the looming deadline and the urgency of defunding. Don’t be misled by reports that Cruz and Co. want to defund the government and Obamacare by failing to pass a Continuing Resolution on Oct. 1. No, what they are proposing is that the GOP–majority House pass a Continuing Resolution that funds everything (including stuff patriots would otherwise not want included) EXCEPT Obamacare.

From The WashingtonTimes:

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday doubled down on his call to arms in “defunding Obamacare,” even if Senate Democrats are highly unlikely to approve any short-term spending deal this September that impugns President Obama’s signature domestic achievement. 

Mr. Cruz, Texas Republican, said that if the GOP-controlled House could pass a continuing resolution that strips the Affordable Care Act of funding this September, a “grass-roots tsunami” of opposition to the health care law could force the Senate to relent.

The GOP, he told CNN, has to do something it hasn’t done in a long time: “Stand up and win the argument.” 

. . .On health care, Mr. Cruz said Mr. Obama’s law is a “job killer” that has forced businesses to drop coverage or shift workers to part-time status. He said these changes have an outsized effect on the most vulnerable, including minorities and single moms.

Rising to an oft-repeated challenge, Mr. Cruz offered three health care reforms that Republican[s] may support in lieu of Mr. Obama’ plan. 

He said that Americans should be allowed to build up health savings accounts in a tax-advantaged way, that health coverage should be “personal and portable” and divorced from employment, and that consumers should be allowed to purchase health insurance across state lines instead of quarantining policy options to the individual states.

Speaker Boehner’s details again:

Butler County Office  PH (513) 779-5400

Miami County Office PH (937) 339-1524

Clark County Office   PH (937) 322-1120

D.C. Office

PH  (202) 225-6205

FAX (202) 225-0704

And his mailbox (send postcards):

Speaker John Boehner

7969 Cincinnati-Dayton Road, Suite B

West Chester, OH 45069

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