Boehner Turns to Democratic Votes to Avoid Government Shutdown
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- House Speaker John Boehner may need to rely on Democrats in a bid to avert another government shutdown. Bloombergs Peter Cook reports on In The Loop.
House Republican leaders are close to sealing a deal with Democrats over objections from Tea Party lawmakers to fund most of the U.S. government through September 2015 and avoid a repeat of last years partial shutdown.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers, a Kentucky Republican, said today that he and his Senate counterpart, Democrat Barbara Mikulski, plan to sign off on the final deal tomorrow. House Speaker John Boehner has rejected calls from the Tea Party wing to require a spending bill to defund President Barack Obamas orders easing deportations for some undocumented immigrants.
A previously skeptical Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, this morning signaled that the funding measure is likely to get members support if Boehner entertains some Democratic demands. A vote would take place next week. Congress must pass funding legislation by Dec. 11 or risk a partial government shutdown.
Let us supply the votes to keep government open but we cant do that unless we have a bill worthy of our support, Pelosi, of California, told reporters today.
Boehner and his lieutenants in the House devised a two-step strategy to keep party members from using the government funding bill to vent their displeasure over Obamas action on immigration. A Republican bid to use a spending bill to defund Obamacare led to a 16-day partial government shutdown in October 2013.
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Boehner Turns to Democratic Votes to Avoid Government Shutdown