Republicans Plot Budget Strategy to Scuttle Health Overhaul
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Sept. 30 (Bloomberg) -- A push by Republicans to scuttlethe U.S. health overhaul by denying funding through the House’sconstitutional control over appropriations is gaining momentum.
Representative Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, the senior Republicanon the House Appropriations subcommittee, said the “defunding”strategy “is a very serious idea” that’s gaining support amongparty members emboldened by the response of constituents intheir home areas. “There is definitely going to be a run atit,” he said in a telephone interview.