Tea Party Leaders: GOP Must Stop Obamacare

Sunday, 14 Mar 2010 07:26 PM
By: John Rossomando

Tea party leaders say they back Senate Republican plans to block Democrats from moving forward with reconciliation on healthcare reform and plan to fight on their behalf.

They also promise to turn up the heat on fence-sitting House Democrats in advance of their looming vote on the Senate bill, which will precede a vote on reconciliation.

Republicans announced Wednesday they had sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid signed by all 41 GOP Senators warning they would vote against points of order that would allow the legislation to move forward to reconciliation. Such votes require 60 votes to cutoff debate.

“Every bit of polling I have seen show the American people don’t want this bill as it currently stands,â€