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RT @robertcostaNRO
"Boss heard Boehner will bring [Senate deal] to the floor... House action probably over." --House GOP aide, via e-mail.
https://twitter.com/robertcostaNRO/status/390262082483916800
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Here are the details of the Senate bill from @HuffPoPol
Imminent Senate deal:
CR to 1/15
Debt ceiling to 2/7 (extraordinary measures)
Budget framework by 12/13
Obamacare income verification
Mass
(27,315 posts)a/ The house is in recess until tomorrow morning
b/ At this point, there is not a Senate bill
Buddha_of_Wisdom
(373 posts)and finally Boehner has had enough of these asshole and will find a way to eject that minority faction from the caucus, at a risk of losing his Speakership (it was doomed anyway - that's why he's drunk as a skunk)
gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)barnabas63
(1,214 posts)Sorry guess I'm a bit thick.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Gothmog
(145,288 posts)Boehner is going to have to rely on mostly Democratic votes to pass the Senate bill. That is the only option that is really available before the DC deadline. This means junking the Hastert rule and getting something done with Democratic votes
Gothmog
(145,288 posts)I hope that this tweet is correct.
BTW, I am also following Costa's tweets when I can.
BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)The tweet you are posting was from 4:45 pm.
ChangeUp106
(549 posts)Here's the follow-up
RT @robertcostaNRO
per sources, options for the House GOP are limited: accept what Reid-McConnell broker, or at last minute try for a short DL ext
Mass
(27,315 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,053 posts)NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)K/R
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)Gothmog
(145,288 posts)There will be no vote tonight. Boehner will either bring up Senate bill brokered by Reid/McConnell or do a short term DC extension. Either way, Boehner is going to have to rely on votes from Democrats.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)I missed what Reid and McConnell put together and I'm getting whiplash from all of the changes!
ChangeUp106
(549 posts)and govt. funding until January.
Little to no changes on the ACA.
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Much appreciated.