SEIU: House Leadership Continues to Hold Nation’s Economic Health Hostage to Irrational Demands to Block the Health Care Law

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 30, 2013.  On a near party-line vote, the U.S. House Saturday night once again voted to undermine the Affordable Care Act, this time tying the measure to a routine but critical vote to fund the federal government. The vote, forced by right-wing extremists, pushes the government to the edge of a shutdown. Following is a statement by SEIU President Mary Kay Henry: