Originally posted by the Voice of America.
Voice of America content is produced by the Voice of America,
a United States federal government-sponsored entity, and is in
the public domain.


          US House Consider New Options as Budget Deadline Approaches

   As lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled U.S. Senate prepare to vote on
   a bill to fund the U.S. government beyond October 1, leaders in the
   Republican-led House of Representatives are focusing on a new tactic to
   derail the nation`s new health care law.
   The House is expected to approve a measure later this week that would
   allow the Treasury Department to increase its borrowing authority to
   pay the government`s debts, while imposing a one-year delay on the
   Affordable Care Act, which expands health care coverage to millions of
   Americans.
   House Republicans are shifting tactics with the knowledge Senate
   Democrats will delete a provision out of a spending bill it approved
   last week that would defund the health care program, also known as
   Obamacare.
   The revised bill would temporarily fund the government, including the
   new health care law, until mid-November. But a vote will probably not
   occur until Friday, which would give House lawmakers little time to
   consider it before next Monday`s deadline
   The government could shut down if the House rejects the Senate`s
   version.
   The Senate began work on the funding measure Wednesday after Texas
   Republican Ted Cruz ended a marathon 21 hour speech in support of the
   measure passed by the House that would defund Obamacare.
   Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and other senior
   lawmakers refused to support Cruz`s approach.
   Republican leaders fear that a partial shutdown of the federal
   government would hurt the party`s standing heading into next year`s
   congressional elections. A government shutdown in the mid-1990s, when
   Republicans controlled both houses of Congress, boosted then-President
   Bill Clinton`s re-election chances.
     __________________________________________________________________

   [1]http://www.voanews.com/content/us-house-consider-new-options-as-budg
   et-deadline-approaches/1757479.html

References

   1. http://www.voanews.com/content/us-house-consider-new-options-as-budget-deadline-approaches/1757479.html