Jennifer Bendery Updated: 10/02/2013
WASHINGTON -- Less than two days after the government shut
down, there are now more than 17 Republicans who say they're ready to
pass a bill to fund the government with no strings attached, giving the
House the votes it needs to pass a clean funding bill.
All 200 Democrats would need to stick together and team up with those
Republicans to pass the bill, but House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
would have to be willing to put it to a vote, which so far he has given
no indication he will do. But if he does, the votes appear to be there.
The Senate would pass the bill in no time, sending it to be signed by
President Barack Obama and ending the shutdown.
Read the tally here
to see who those House Republicans are, and why they say they're done
with trying to force through provisions on Obamacare before agreeing to
keep the government running.
Of course, we'll update the list when, or if, more come in.
This is a developing story and has been updated.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/02/clean-funding-bill_n_4031784.html
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