House Will Amend Senate Resolution

Speaker John Boehner signaled that the House “would not simply vote on the version of the continuing resolution the Senate sends back, running up against a timeline that could suggest at least a temporary government shutdown,” Roll Call reports.

“While the Senate has accelerated its pace on the CR, there will be little time before Sept. 30 for that chamber to send its version of the CR back to the House, have the House send a revised version to the Senate, and then have the CR make its way through the Senate chamber — and that would assume the Senate accepts what the House sends them.”

Asked if he expected the government to shut down, Boehner said, “No, I do not. No, I do not expect that to happen.”