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NEW POLL OVERVIEW:<br />
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As we approach another deadline with the potential impact of </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">SHUTTING DOWN</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> the government House Speaker Boehner and Company are scrambling to get enough votes to pass a </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Continuing Resolution</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> that would fund government operations past September 30, when the current resolution expires.<br />
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Boehner</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">s dilemma is that the House republican conservatives will absolutely refuse to pass anything that funds Obamacare going forward as part of that continuing resolution. This conservative coalition is willing to have the federal government shut down if they don</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">t get their way.<br />
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The </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Republican establishment</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> in the house wants to make a deal that would include the passage of the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Continuing resolution</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> that would include a provision to defund or delay Obamacare. <br />
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To sweeten the deal for the conservative hold outs they would lock in lower levels of discretionary spending and bump up defense spending&mdash;a position Obama and the Democrats now oppose, but probably not enough to block such a proposal. <br />
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This provision would allow the Senate to remove the Obamacare defunding provision. The result would be that the president would get a </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">clean</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> continuing resolution to sign if he would agree with the other conditions the House leadership wants.<br />
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According to the </span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">Republican establishment</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;"> their members could then tell their constituents and supporters they</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">'</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">d voted to get rid of Obamacare but the Senate stripped that provision out of the resolution. <br />
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NEW POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should the U.S. House pass a continuing resolution to fund the government with defunding Obamacare as part of it?<br />
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PREVIOUS POLL QUESTION:<br />
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Should adoption agencies be able to refuse to place children in homes based on their religious or moral beliefs?<br />
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Yes - 70%<br />
No - 22%<br />
Undecided - 7% <br />
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