House will remain in session this weekend

[steve2470]

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/174239-house-will-remain-in-session-this-weekend

The House will remain in session through the weekend as Congress scrambles to secure a debt-limit deal in the face of a looming default deadline.

House lawmakers will continue consideration of a 2012 funding bill for the Interior Department while they wait for the Senate to act on a debt-limit bill, the office of Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced Thursday.

Cantor's office suggests the Senate will pass either the Republicans' "cut, cap and balance" bill or the GOP's deficit-reduction package scheduled for a House vote Thursday evening — but both of those bills are nonstarters with Senate Democrats.

"No other legislative action on the debt limit — other than a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution — is expected in the House," Cantor's office said.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. What? The democratic Senate would vote "no" for the House bill but

would then vote "yes" on the "Cut, Cap, and Balance" constitutional amendment?

I want whatever Cantor's drinking tonight.

[gateley]

2. Doesn't look too promising about the Republicans passing the

deficit reduction bill at the moment.