Obama ok w/ short term funding bill but wants end of carried interest loophole; conservs want it all
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SENATE INCHES TOWARD KEEPING GOVERNMENT OPEN
Bipartisan agreement in Senate for short-term bill to keep government open.
Politico:
“Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid backed a short-term measure to fund the federal government Tuesday, putting the chamber’s two leaders on the same page …”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/government-shutdown-2015-harry-reid-mitch-mcconnell-213645
President open to short-term bill.
W. Post:
“The White House might be willing to back a short-term budget resolution that keeps the current budget caps, known as sequestration, in place in order to avoid a government shutdown later this month … Such a deal, WH Press Sec Josh] Earnest said, wouldn’t violate Obama’s pledge to veto any budget bill that locks in sequestration.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/09/15/obama-might-back-short-term-budget-compromise-to-avoid-shutdown/
Obama to push GOP to end carried interest loophole in bill to fund government.
NYT:
“In a speech on Wednesday, Mr. Obama is expected to call on Republicans to end the tax break and use the funds to pay for spending increases on domestic and national security programs, and he will enlist business leaders to help him make his case … it has gained new political potency in recent days, with two Republican presidential candidates, Donald J. Trump and Jeb Bush, endorsing it.”
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/09/16/us/with-possible-shutdown-nearing-obama-looks-to-take-budget-fight-to-gop.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0&referrer=
While House: conservatives demand everything.
Politico:
“The chairman of the conservative Republican Study Committee, Texas Rep. Bill Flores, will put forward a package of funding measures Tuesday … The plan is a wishlist of conservative priorities, including repealing Obamacare, stopping the administration’s executive orders on immigration and defunding Planned Parenthood … [It] would stop [Obama] from lifting sanctions against Iran [and] keep in place the sequester caps passed in the Budget Control Act.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2015/09/house-conservative-budget-wish-list-213647
House Majority Whip floats using budget reconciliation to defund Planned Parenthood. Roll Call:
“While [Rep. Steve] Scalise can’t promise an override of Obama’s inevitable veto of any bill that scraps funding for Planned Parenthood, budget reconciliation is likely the only legislative route out of the Senate, where Republicans lack the votes to overcome a filibuster.”
http://blogs.rollcall.com/218/scalise-planned-parenthood-budget-reconciliation/?dcz=