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Huelskamp: GOP Won Sequester Battle

Up next: Defunding Obamacare

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R., Kan.) said Republicans won the sequester battle and must now turn their focus to defunding Obamacare Monday on "Hannity:"

SEAN HANNITY: All right, the next fiscal crisis, battle, panic, apocalyptic moment is coming very soon, that has to do with the continuing resolution to fund the government the rest of the year. You, along with some of your colleagues, have written to the speaker and Eric Cantor and you're saying you would like them to defund Obamacare. Now, spending begins in Congress. What specifically could they cut and how much would that be?

TIM HUELSKAMP: Well, we do not have a clear answer for the administration of what we can address in the CR, we've asked that question for a number of years and they still don't know, but the point being is that we won the sequester battle. I think that America woke up on Friday morning and said "ok, let's see what's next." They recognize that we need to get the job done. The biggest threat to our country fiscally and otherwise is Obamacare, $1.4 trillion in new spending coming up because of this program. What I'm asking is we consider to defund the implementation of Obamacare [...]

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