Copyrighted Image? DMCA | Washington marched relentlessly toward its first federal shutdown in 17 years Sunday after House Speaker John A. Boehner agreed to conservative demands to use a government-funding bill to press an attack on President Obama's 2010 health-care law. esponse came quickly. Even before the House had a chance to vote on its proposal, Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) blasted it as "pointless." Democratic aides said the Senate would set aside the House amendments, probably first thing Monday, leaving GOP leaders with a stark choice: approve the simple funding bill the Senate has already passed or permit federal agencies to close. |
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