House Republicans are moving ahead with a vote tying the aversion of a federal government shutdown to ending “Obamacare.” Congress faces an end-of-the-month deadline to pass a new government funding bill or see at least a partial shutdown of federal agencies. On Thursday, House Speaker John Boehner said he will proceed with a vote today to link funding to the gutting of the Affordable Care Act.

House Speaker John Boehner: “'Obamacare' is driving up the cost of healthcare. It’s destroyed millions of American jobs. It is a train wreck. It has to go. We’ve done everything humanly possible over the last two-and-a-half years to make our point, and we’re going to continue to make our point.”

President Obama has vowed to veto the House measure, and it has no chance of passing the Senate. On Thursday, Democratic Senator Charles Schumer of New York urged moderate Republicans to reject Boehner’s move.

Sen. Charles Schumer: “If enough mainstream Republicans will come together with Democrats, we can make the hard right irrelevant. Democrats want it, the White House wants it, and in their heart of hearts, the Republican leadership wants it, too.”

Republicans have also vowed to link the upcoming debate on extending the Treasury’s borrowing limit to an “Obamacare” repeal. The United States is facing a deadline of around mid-October to expand the debt ceiling or face a default on its debts.