“House Republicans have orchestrated a master plan to avoid a government
shutdown, delay the implementation of Obamacare, and maintain the
current, post-sequester spending levels,” National Journal reports.
“But first, they need the Senate to shred the very proposal
that House conservatives have spent all week celebrating. According to
several Republican lawmakers and senior aides who spoke on condition of
anonymity, a strategy is coming into focus that, if properly executed,
would accomplish multiple GOP policy objectives in one maneuver. With
the deadline for a new continuing resolution looming on Oct. 1, and the
House poised to pass a CR that will be dead on arrival in the
Democratic-controlled Senate, sources are confident the strategy can
work — but only if the dominoes fall in precise fashion.”
