Hmmm: No money for ObamaCare in Senate’s temporary budget measure

A Senate deal to fund the federal government until early March doesn’t include money to enact the health-care overhaul or stepped up regulation of Wall Street, boosting Republican efforts to curb key elements of President Barack Obama’s domestic agenda…

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Obama administration officials could shift money around within federal agencies to keep health care and Wall Street regulation on track. But Republicans could try to block such moves through legislation.

“It’s going to be a big political fight,” said Sen. Richard Shelby (R., Ala.). “I think the odds shift toward Republicans.”…

An administration official said the short-term funding deal wasn’t ideal but wasn’t fatal to implementing the health overhaul the president signed in March. It wasn’t clear how the administration planned to push back against Republicans if they begin choking off long-term funding for the law.

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