House GOP Will Focus Fight on Debt Limit

“As the Senate moves toward a vote on a modified version of the House’s continuing resolution, House Republicans are plotting a response. But nothing has been finalized, and the leadership is treading carefully,” Robert Costa reports.

“According to sources in the room, the leadership is trying to avert a shutdown and rally conservatives for the debt-limit battle. To do both, they plan to fight until the eleventh hour on the CR, but eventually ask Republicans to fund the government and focus on the debt limit.”

Byron York reviews the many options open to GOP leaders.

Ezra Klein: “John Boehner isn’t even trying to pretend his House of Representatives is a sane place anymore. The House GOP’s debt limit bill… isn’t a serious governing document. It’s not even a plausible opening bid. It’s a cry for help.”