House Passes Spending Bill In Spite Of Conservatives Opposed Because It Keeps Obamacare

The far right still thinks it can overturn or scale back Obamacare, and that is why a number of tea partiers opposed the $1.1 trillion bill passed by the House.

A large bloc of House conservatives voted Wednesday against a $1.1 trillion spending plan to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, saying that the new bipartisan agreement fails to scale back the new health-care law or dramatically pay down the national debt.

But the spending bill easily passed the House 359 to 67 with broad support from both Republicans and Democrats. The omnibus measure moves next to the Senate, where it is expected to pass easily before heading to President Obama for his signature…

But 64 Republicans — most of them ardent fiscal conservatives — voted against the final agreement. Among the Republicans opposed to the measure were six members running for U.S. Senate seats — Reps. Paul Broun (Ga.), Phil Gingrey (Ga.) and Jack Kingston (Ga.), who face each other in a GOP primary; Rep. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), who is running against Sen. Mark Pryor (D-Ark.); and Rep. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), who is running for an open Senate seat in Montana.

Three Democrats also voted against the spending measure — Raul Grijalva (Ariz.), Rush Holt (N.J.) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.).

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.