A pension scheme get premium xength At no point during the tumultuous night of ping–pong votes between the two bodies did either side seem set to compromise, with House Republicans refusing to vote on a clean funding proposal, as pushed for by President Barack Obama and Democrats. Instead, the House – fueled by the most conservative members – attached proposals to either defund Obama's health care law or a rider that would force members of Congressional and their staffs to forgo employer-paid subsidies from the federal government for purchasing insurance that all workers across the country are eligible for when the new law takes full effect.