Looks like the GOP is caving on the shutdown...

[KansDem]

Veterans break past World War II Memorial barricade (CNN)

Update 1:45 p.m. ET: House GOP leadership sources tell CNN they plan to vote on a series of bills to fund the government, beginning Tuesday with three measures–spending for veterans, the District of Columbia and the Park Service.

So the GOP will begin today approving government spending for veterans, DC, and the Park Service? My, my, my...how the "mighty" have fallen!

Oh, and Rep. Steve King of Iowa argued "this should be considered a 'slow down,' not a 'shutdown.'" It appears they wanted a "slow down" and not a "shut down" all along!

It's a start...

[Richardo]

1. They'll vote individual appropriations for everything they like and leave the rest 'shut down'.

Line-item appropriations. It's like the sequester only better!!

[geek tragedy]

2. That strategy is doomed to fail.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=3760584

For any bill the House sends over:



1) Senate votes to Proceed with debate;
2) Amendments are scheduled, including a clean CR for the full government;
3) Cloture vote;
4) Senate votes on amendments, passing clean CR for the full government
5) Full bill is passed and sent back to the House.

At that point, good luck to Boehner & Company.

[Richardo]

5. So it's fully consistent with every strategy up to now.

[JoePhilly]

14. Correct answer!

[Chan790]

17. This fits with the larger Democratic strategy now that the gloves are off.

There's whispers that the Senate Democrats over the coming weeks and months intend to repay this shutdown by bringing piecemeal sequester rollbacks in legislation; making the House literally go on the record and vote to specifically deny funding to cancer research or AIDS research or trauma care for veterans of the wars they're cheerleading.

The House is unlikely to approve anything but it's going to get ugly in election season when we can run ads inquiring why Steve King hates babies with birth defects, why Louie Gohmert is part of the death panel that killed your Grandma, what Eric Cantor has against victims of the VA earthquake and why Virginia Foxx voted against American heroes. The voting records are going to bury them, it's a mountain of clear-cut black-and-white text opposition to their constituents personal interests. It's hard to run on conservative values against the self-interests of your every individual constituent.

[MoonRiver]

3. Who knew??

[liberal N proud]

4. That is not caving - it is an end run around to accomplish what they want while only funding that...

which they favor.

[cthulu2016]

6. No. This is the OPPOSITE of caving

[KansDem]

19. Yeah, I'm on to them now!

What a sorry lot (of nothing!).

[bunnies]

7. And the Senate will shove it back in their faces.

Just as they should. This Ted Cruz bullshit plan to fund EVERYTHING except Obamacare is a fucking joke. NO way the Senate should start playing the Houses game. Fuck Ted Cruz.

[Cali_Democrat]

8. Dems should reject this and accept nothing less than a clean CR. n/t

[sufrommich]

9. This isnt the GOP caving in,this is the GOP attempting

to fund what they want to fund. More disingenuous bullshit.

[KansDem]

12. So they will fund what they want...

...but not ACA?

That sounds like the GOP!

[sufrommich]

15. Yep,it's a ruse. nt

[Azathoth]

10. That's not caving, that's exactly the same thing Muslim terrorists do when they announce

they will release the hostages who are Muslim.

[Hutzpa]

11. Here is how Harry should play this

every time they vote on a spending, he should send it back to them requesting a clean CR.
EOS.

[Warren DeMontague]

13. Really, Steve? Why wouldn't you want to proudly stand behind this shit you're pulling?

I mean, it's what America wants, right?

[jmowreader]

16. Easy way to solve this shit

A House of Congress has the right to amend and return anything the other house sends it. The first bill that hits the Senate needs to be amended to include full funding for the entire government including Obamacare.

[monmouth3]

18. If they have no staff that explains it. They're tired of answering their phones..LOL..n/t