There are no excuses for NC’s Republican US House delegation to vote to allow for including Obamacare funding in the Continuing Resolution being voted on this week. Not only was a resolution passed by the National Republican Party, calling upon Republican House Reps to defund Obamacare, but the North Carolina Republican Party also passed a state-level resolution in June, calling upon all of North Carolina’s US House Reps to work to exclude Obamacare funding from the CR:
The reason this needs to be stated is that it has come to our attention that the Mecklenburg County Republican Party is attempting to justify Rep. Pittenger’s refusal to represent his party’s will to defund Obamacare in the upcoming continuing resolution. Though the resolution passed by the Republican National Convention specifies not once but twice that it is the will of the Republican Party for House Reps to take every effort to defund Obamacare, the Meck. Republican Party sent an official email claiming that there is nothing in the RNC-passed resolution which holds our Republican House Reps accountable to defunding Obamacare specifically this year in the upcoming continuing resolution. This from Meck GOP:
“Please take particular note of the “RESOLVED” clauses calling for Obamacare to be defunded. The attached, officially passed resolution calls for defunding efforts without tying it to one specific bill or expressly insisting on a move to force a government shutdown. Early drafts of the resolution expressly included language discussing a government shutdown and specifically called for amending appropriations prior to January 2014. However, these provisions were not carried over to the final resolution and were not passed by the RNC.”
Note that while the Meck GOP is technically accurate in that the resolution is not tied to one specific bill, the resolution as passed would actually apply to every bill that would potentially provide funding for Obamacare:
RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee wishes to ensure that our Representatives are aware that it is our will that they make every effort defund Obamacare, including its implementation or enforcement; and, be it further
RESOLVED, the Republican National Committee hereby petitions our Republican Representatives in Congress to make every effort to not only defund Obamacare, but to support legislative efforts to return the student loan program to the private sector; and, be it finally
Has the meaning of “every” been changed recently? “Every effort,” to my understanding, doesn’t mean, “no specific effort, not applying to the next effort, but perhaps some effort in the future.” Every effort! Meaning every time that the subject is broached! To be clear, there is an effort in progress to defund Obamacare by not proposing the funding in the upcoming continuing resolution, being led by NC Republican Rep. Mark Meadows.
Talking to you, Robert Pittenger & Renee Ellmers: if a state resolution, a national resolution, and endless phone calls, faxes, emails, letters, & social media posts from your constituents doesn’t give you a clue as to what it is that you are to do in order to properly represent your constituents & your party, then you are beyond hope of EVER representing your constituents. Don’t fund it. Stand with Republicans Mark Meadows, Walter Jones, and Richard Hudson, who have stated unequivocally that they will vote to remove Obamacare funding language, and that they will not vote for a CR placed in front of them that includes Obamacare funding language.
Link to full NCGOP-passed resolution HERE. Link to full RNC-passed resolution HERE.
Join the facebook action alert page dedicated to the fight to defund Obamacare HERE.
