“House Republican leaders are discussing a plan to pass a seven-week stopgap funding measure Friday then not bring the House back into session until after the Oct. 1 shutdown deadline,” Politico reports.
“No final decision has been made on House scheduling, the people said, but the move would allow the House to ‘jam’ the Senate, giving it no alternative to avoid a shutdown than to pass the GOP-written measure.”


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