the only way this happens is if we break out of traditional washington rules. >> getting this done means killing obamacare before it fully takes effect. >> between now and september 30, we need to stand up and defund obamacare. >> september 30 is when funding for the government expires. cruz says that gives congressional republicans extraordinary leverage. >> the house of representatives should pass a continuing resolution that funds every penny of the federal government, everything in its entirety, except obamacare. >> what are the senators telling you? >> there was significant resistance internally. a lot of people were urging that we had just come through the sequester battle and we need to focus on that. >> there is a new paradigm.