Ted Cruz's new ObamaCare hostage: The military

The Texas senator's piecemeal plan to defeat ObamaCare is starting to get out of control

Ted Cruz
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) isn't backing down from his quixotic quest to destroy ObamaCare.

On Friday, House Republicans passed a stopgap spending bill, known as a continuing resolution, that would prevent the federal government from shutting down on Oct. 1 — provided that ObamaCare is defunded. The Democratic-controlled Senate will likely strip the bill of the provision defunding ObamaCare and send it back to the House. And even if the bill somehow did pass the Senate as is (it won't), President Obama will veto it.

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Keith Wagstaff is a staff writer at TheWeek.com covering politics and current events. He has previously written for such publications as TIME, Details, VICE, and the Village Voice.