Conservative Republicans in the House appear ready to back off their
demands that the short-term funding resolution Congress must pass to
avoid a government shutdown also defund or delay Obamacare.
In a shift that could spare John Boehner a damaging uprising from his majority's right wing, conservatives have begun to acknowledge their lack of leverage in the funding debate and are now coalescing around the House speaker's preferred strategy of forcing the White House to accept health-law changes by holding the debt ceiling hostage.
Still, Republicans are searching for some concessions that might allow them to escape the debate over the continuing resolution with a scaled-down policy victory.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/house-republicans-ready-to-retreat-easing-shutdown-fears-20130925
In a shift that could spare John Boehner a damaging uprising from his majority's right wing, conservatives have begun to acknowledge their lack of leverage in the funding debate and are now coalescing around the House speaker's preferred strategy of forcing the White House to accept health-law changes by holding the debt ceiling hostage.
Still, Republicans are searching for some concessions that might allow them to escape the debate over the continuing resolution with a scaled-down policy victory.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/congress/house-republicans-ready-to-retreat-easing-shutdown-fears-20130925
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