9/28/13

Shutdown looms larger

"Bowing to the wishes of conservatives, Speaker John Boehner and the House GOP leadership team have decided to propose a bill to fund the government that would include a one-year delay of Obamacare, increasing the likelihood of a government shutdown," writes Keith Koffler at White House Dossier.
The legislation, which could pass today, would also permanently repeal an unpopular medical device tax used to help fund the law. Koffler continues: "With the Senate unlikely to pass the measure and Obama certain to veto it, the bill would lead to a government shutdown if nothing else is done. But lawmakers have until Monday night, when funding runs out, to figure something out." More