A new poll says the majority of Americans oppose the GOP's plan to defund Obamacare, according to CBS News.
The survey, published by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation, found that 57 percent of Americans do not approve of the Republican effort to prevent the Affordable Care Act from being enacted.
Accord to CBS, the idea is severely split among party lines, with 6 in 10 Republicans supporting the effort and only 15 percent of Democrats and 39 percent of Independents approving.
Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah is leading the GOP's plan, which is aimed at stopping any government funding bill that would fund the Affordable Care Act. Although the plan would have a small impact on Obamacare, high-profile Republicans like Lee and Sen. Ted Cruz remain passionate about their plan.
If Congress does not pass a government funding bill by Sept. 30, the government will shut down. Both Lee and Cruz plan to attend a Tea Party rally, "Exempt America from Obamacare," in Washington next month and hope that the effort will give them leverage before the Sept. deadline.
However, Cruz acknowledged on Sunday that the Republican party does not have enough votes to succeed in an interview with CNN.
"We need 41 Republicans in the Senate or we need 218 Republicans in the House," Cruz said. He also noted it would take a "grassroots tsunami" to push lawmakers against implementing Obamacare. In addition, other Republicans have dismissed the effort entirely, like Sen. Richard Burr of North Carolina and Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) mentioned that even a government shutdown would mean nothing, considering most of the Affordable Care Act would still receive funding from other budgets.
Still, some Republicans are sticking to their plan and even suggest calling Obamacare by "Boehnercare," to place pressure on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) if he doesn't express support to defund the health law.
The poll was conducted from August 13 -19 with a random selection of 1,503 adults and a margin error of three points.
