Thirty Republicans have signed onto a letter drafted by GOP Reps. Jim Bridenstine (OK) and Tim Huelskamp (KS) asking House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to defund Obamacare in the upcoming Continuing Resolution.
The popular support for the letter is a sign House conservatives want to fight the battle against Obamacare by cutting off its appropriations, a tactic the GOP leadership has said they support but have not acted upon yet.
“The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (‘ObamaCare’) remains broadly unpopular across America,” the letter to Boehner and Cantor reads. “More and more Americans are now feeling its impact–from job losses and part-time downgrades, to insurance policy changes and violations of religious liberties, to state budget strains from Medicaid expansions. And Americans don’t like these impacts.”
“Most Americans still believe that healthcare should be controlled by patients and doctors, not by the government,” the letter continues.
Conservatives note that while they still plan to “re-start efforts to repeal ObamaCare in its entirety this year, next year and until we are successful… in the meantime, there is more we can do in Congress.”
The full list of signers, according to Bridenstine’s office, is as follows:
Rep. Justin Amash, Michigan
Rep. Andy Barr, Kentucky
Rep. Diane Black, Tennessee
Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Tennessee
Rep. Jim Bridenstine, Oklahoma
Rep. Paul Broun, Georgia
Rep. Ron DeSantis, Florida
Rep. Jeff Duncan, South Carolina
Rep. John Fleming, Louisiana
Rep. Trent Franks, Arizona
Rep. Phil Gingrey, Georgia
Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas
Rep. Richard Hanna, New York
Rep. Richard Hudson, North Carolina
Rep. Tim Huelskamp, Kansas
Rep. Walter Jones, North Carolina
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, California
Rep. Doug Lamborn, Colorado
Rep. Tom Massie, Kentucky
Rep. Tom McClintock, California
Rep. Mark Meadows, North Carolina
Rep. Stevan Pearce, New Mexico
Rep. Keith Rothfus, Pennsylvania
Rep. Matt Salmon, Arizona
Rep. David Schweikert, Arizona
Rep. Chris Stewart, Utah
Rep. Steve Stockman, Texas
Rep. Joe Wilson, South Carolina
Rep. Kevin Yoder, Kansas
Rep. Ted Yoho, Florida
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