opportunity and freedom? reporter: but the republican strategy to broaden its national reach for 2016 could be undercut by this november s midterm election, where it s all about ginning up the gop base. we naturally have an advantage walking into 2014. reporter: translation, the gop prize is taking the senate by defeating democrats in red states where the president lost. that means firing up core conservative voters. and nothing fires up those core conservative voters at this point more than obamacare. republicans are still banking on the fact that the republican base will be energized enough against health care and the law to put them in a position where they really want to go to the polls. wolf? dana, stand by. gloria borger is here, our chief political analyst, ryan lizza, gloria, what do you make of the
extension three months so basically what s the big deal? here s what he had to say. this would give immediate relief to families and remove fear many of them face not knowing if and when they ll get benefits back. would allow time for further discussion how to move forward for rest of 2014. reporter: this vote is expected to come up in the next hour and a half over the u.s. senate. if it does not pass, and as you mentioned right now democrats have four republican senators who are going to vote to clear this first procedural hurdle. they have four republicans at this point willing to cross over. the big question, whether or not they ve gotten that fifth senator from the republican side to come over. if that does not happen at 11:40 a.m. at the white house, president barack obama will come out to give a speech on the issue of unemployment insurance and be surrounded by americans
colorado nuns asked justice sonia sotomayor for a temporary injunction from complying with the law. white house official responded saying we defer to the department of justice on litigation matters but remain confident that our final rules strike the balance between contraceptive care and religious objections. coverage began january 1st for the 2.1 million americans who have enrolled in obamacare since october. you ve been waiting a long time for january 1st, 2014. reporter: and president obama s allies at organizing for action continue to promote the new law. mr. obama himself sent out a new year s tweet saying i signed the aca for kids like marcelees owens. he lost his mom because she couldn t afford coverage. today millions of americans finally can. the white house is not saying who those americans are, a fact
care and religious of courses. coverage began january 1st for the 2.1 million americans who have enrolled in obamacare since october. i ve been waiting a long time for january 1st, 2014. reporter: and president obama s allies at organizing for action continue to promote the new law. mr. obama himself sent out a new years tweet saying i signed the aca for kids like marcellus owens. he lost his mom because she couldn t afford coverage. today, millions of americans finally can. the white house has not said who those millions of americans are. a fact some republicans say indicates an overall lack of trust. if they keep putting a flowery spin on everything, how are we really going to ever how are we ever really going to trust that we re getting the best, accurate information about the prospects for the law? and that information about who is signing up, for example, are they young or old, et
the law. white house official responded saying we defer to the department of justice on litigation matters but remain confident that our final rules strike the balance between contraceptive care and religious objections. coverage began january 1st for the 2.1 million americans who have enrolled in obamacare since october. i ve been waiting a long time for january 1st, 2014. reporter: and president obama s allies at organizing for action continue to promote the new law. mr. obama himself sent out a new year s tweet saying i signed the aca for kids like marcelees owens. he lost his mom because she couldn t afford coverage. today millions of americans finally can. the white house is not saying who those americans are, a fact some republicans say indicates an overall lack of trust. if they keep putting a