Ted Cruz has come out as suggesting that the budget be voted piecemeal in the event of shut down. This leaves politically popular programs on safe ground, but politically questionable ones out in the open. The problem of course is that these programs have already been voted into law and shutting down the government to contest them is not proper procedure.
ETA: This of course puts the House bills in an entirely different context. Republicans aren't doing it to the minimize pain of a shutdown. They're attempting to destroy Obamacare.
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Date: 2/10/13 20:06 (UTC)ETA: This of course puts the House bills in an entirely different context. Republicans aren't doing it to the minimize pain of a shutdown. They're attempting to destroy Obamacare.