To: combjelly who wrote (742524 ) 9/28/2013 5:25:39 PM From: tejek Read Replies (2) | Respond to Apparently, Rs don't care how this is playing out in the rest of the country. They are in for a big shock.This means that the US government is very close to a shutdown on Oct. 1, and there appears to be no way out, unless someone blinks. House Speaker John Boehner , under fierce pressure from the right wing of his caucus and outside conservative groups supporting them, did not blink. “We’re in a very good spot,” said Rep. Tom Graves (R) of Georgia, who along with Sen. Ted Cruz (R) of Texas, began organizing the House GOP caucus last summer to rally around a plan to fund government only if Obamacare were defunded. “We’re unified. There’s a lot of energy, and excitement, and resolve,” Rep. Graves said after Saturday’s caucus meeting.“We’re not being obstructionist, the Senate is,” said Rep. Mo Brooks (R) of Alabama. It’s Harry Reid and the Democrats who see a “tactical advantage” in a government shutdown, because they’re convinced that Republicans will be blamed, he added. “I don’t know a single Republican who believes there is a tactical advantage to shutting down government.” Want your top political issues explained? Get customized DC Decoder updates. To recap: Senate majority leader Harry Reid says that the Democrat-controlled Senate will reject any measure that alters the health-care law, period. The only way to avert a shutdown is for the House to accept the CR that the Senate passed Friday on a party-line vote that simply funds government through Nov. 15, Sen. Reid said. To emphasize the point, the majority leader adjourned the Senate until Monday afternoon. 2 Next
