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Republicans Ponder 'Defunding' Health Care And Other Programs
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Defunding the NLRB would be like defunding every election board in the country during presidential and congressional elections: People would maintain, theoretically, their right to elect their officials, but there'd be no one to print the ballots or count the votes.
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Defunding differs from the pitfalls that would come from repealing only portions of Obamacare, because piecemeal repeal would relieve pressure for the full repeal that's needed.
Ernest Istook: Another Good Swing at Defunding Obamacare -- But Not a Hit Ernest Istook 2011
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Defunding agencies in a targeted fashion, particularly where agencies are aggressively acting against economic interests of the country, be it resource development, business, or otherwise.
Mitch McConnell Open To A Government Shutdown, Joe Miller Says The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Defunding ObamaCare is not a new idea that Republicans came up with during the lame duck.
Defunding ObamaCare wasn't exactly a secret Jennifer Rubin 2010
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Defunding could actually be done even without a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate that is what reconciliation was actually originally about, just a simple majority in both houses.
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Defunding could actually be done without a 60-vote filibuster-proof majority in the Senate that is what reconciliation was actually originally about—budget bills, just a simple majority in both houses.
The numbers games: House and Senate in 2010, and beyond 2010
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Defunding agencies in a targeted fashion, particularly where agencies are aggressively acting against economic interests of the country, be it resource development, business, or otherwise.
Mitch McConnell Open To A Government Shutdown, Joe Miller Says The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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Defunding a war with troops in the field is one of the most ham-fisted ways to affect foreign policy imaginable; it's like trying to drive a finish nail with a sledgehammer.
Obama On Withdrawal From Iraq: "I Reserve Right As Commander In Chief To Assess Situation" 2009
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Defunding or refusing to create legislation to get more money definitely won't end the current war.
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