House looks "likely" to default, shut down Cruz extremism.

[pinto]

Saw (R) Rep. Nunes, a reality based Republican in many ways, make some comments on CNN. Apparently a bill will be presented for a vote this evening in the House that looks to meet Senate plans.

(aside) I think the Senate's call out of the House by kicking the ball back in their court - "show us something doable" - is a good one.

We'll see.

[regnaD kciN]

1. A bill will be PRESENTED…

…but will it have the votes? Or, more importantly, will Eric Cantor allow it to come to a vote?

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2. This should be stickied somewhere

because it is the most misunderstood thing on DU.

The Cantor rule ONLY applies to a situation where the House and Senate have passed competing bills, AND the House has requested a conference to reconcile differences, AND the Senate has refused.

In that specific instance, in the past, any member of the House could have called for a vote on the Senate version of the bill. That was changed so that now only Cantor can call for a vote.

But that only applies to that instance. In any other case, the old rules still apply. The Republicans only changed that rule so they could call for a conference and push the "not negotiating" line without the Dems then being able to call for a vote on the Senate bill, which then would have passed. Had the rule not been changed, the Republicans just wouldn't have requested a conference, so it wouldn't have substantively changed anything.