A dumb question, but: If the House didn't want Obamacare, how were they fools enough to fund it?

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12. NYTimes explained it in this article

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2013/09/21/us/politics/21reuters-usa-healthcare-shutdown.html?hp

Independent experts believe that "the effects of a government shutdown on the implementation of the ACA (Affordable Care Act) are likely to be pretty small," said Paul Van de Water, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a Washington-based non-profit think tank.

The main reason, he said, is that the money flowing to the 16 states and the nation's capital that are running their own ACA exchange is what's called a "permanent appropriation," enshrined in the 2010 healthcare reform law. Because the funds are not subject to annual appropriations, they will continue to be available to states that need to pay employees and contractors and buy equipment and supplies.