Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), a leader in the defund-Obamacare push, thanked House Speaker John Boehner and the Republican caucus for “sticking their neck out” with a government spending bill that would strip funding for the law.
“I want to commend House conservatives for sticking their neck out. I want to commend Speaker Boehner for listening to the American people,” Cruz reporters Thursday. “This is a tremendous victory for the American people.”
Cruz’s comments, delivered amid reports of frustration among House Republicans that Senate Republicans were conceding a loss for the bill in the Senate, came less than an hour after Boehner told reporters that the Senate GOP “should do everything they can” to defund Obamacare.
A vote is expected Friday in the House.
