5:40 p.m.: The Details of Boehner's New Plan that—Even If It Passes the House—Is DOA In the Senate,

[DonViejo]

5:40 p.m.: The Details of Boehner's New Plan that—Even If It Passes the House—Is DOA In the Senate, via WSJ:

House Republicans on Tuesday afternoon said they were preparing a new proposal they hoped to put to a vote tonight, after running into resistance within their own ranks to a plan that was unveiled earlier in the day. GOP aides said the latest plan would increase the nation's borrowing limit until Feb. 7, 2014, similar to a Senate plan, but would open the government until Dec. 15, one month less than the Senate's would do. Senate leaders took a pause in their talks, waiting to see how the House efforts pan out.

To eliminate wiggle room around the next debt ceiling increase, Treasury Department officials, under the House's proposal, would temporarily not be allowed to take emergency steps to stay under the debt ceiling beyond the February date, aides said. That would mark a step back for House Republicans, who had previously pushed to permanently eliminate that flexibility for the Obama administration.

Democrats quickly rejected details of the latest plan from House Republicans.

5:55 p.m.: Boehner's Latest Plan Appears to Crumble:

Politico reports that House GOP leaders have indefinitely delayed a Rules Committee hearing slated for this evening that would have set the stage for John Boehner's latest plan to come up for a full voter later tonight.

National Review's Robert Costa reports that one unnamed Hill staffer who was familiar with the internal GOP whip count on the latest proposal summed things up like so shortly before the announcement: "They know that it is f*****d." The decision to delay makes a vote tonight uncertain, and is the latest in a string of signs that House Republicans are in disarray as the nation slowly inches closer and closer to the debt ceiling.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/10/15/shutdown_live_blog_day_15.html?wpisrc=newsletter_jcr:content

[Tx4obama]

1. BUT the Senate could have amended it. SEE the DU OP below...

Here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10023856151

I think maybe The House knew about this and that is why they pulled their bill ???

[flamingdem]

2. What's the difference. They just want to have the power destroy the government, thus

the controls they demand over the debt ceiling. That's not just a fig leaf.

[robinlynne]

3. Why the hell has the senate stopped? We all know nothing is coming from the House.

[muriel_volestrangler]

4. More from Costa's Twitter feed (what's a word with an f, a d, and 5 stars between, anyway?)

'Frigged'? Anyway:

Confirmed: tonight's vote is dead

“The votes aren’t there,” says a leadership aide. “We’ve been unable to get people around this strategy.”

What killed it: late afternoon mtgs at Cap w/ conservative members and leadership. Firehose of cold water

https://twitter.com/robertcostaNRO