>> will the shop website for small businesses that was delayed be fully functional during november? >> yes, we will institute the shop component at the end of november. >> reporter: republicans quick to pounce on the administration for announces another delay just before the thanksgiving holiday. house majority leader eric cantor charging, "once again, president obama has unilaterally delayed another major portion of obama care and once again he's tried to bury bad news around a holiday, hoping nobody will notice." small businesses shopping for health care will be able to use direct enrollment with an insurer, agent or broker, but during a conference call with reporters, the administration was downplaying overall expectations. >> to be clear, november 30th does not represent a relaunch of healthcare.gov. it is not a magical date. >> reporter: the spokeswoman admits there will be times after november 30th when the website does not function properly. programmers still have a lot of work to do. the goal? make sure it can handle 50,000 users at one time, yet there might be times when demand