Republicans split, but House approves stopgap budget bill

[steve2470]

http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-congress-spending-20110316,0,6708908.story?track=rss

By Lisa Mascaro, Washington Bureau
March 15, 2011, 8:05 p.m.

Reporting from Washington The GOP-led House approved a short-term spending bill Tuesday but only after dozens of Republicans rejected the measure, forcing party leaders to rely on Democrats to achieve passage and help skirt a threatened government shutdown.

The vote showed the mounting difficulty of resolving a budget stalemate that has consumed Washington for weeks. The Senate is expected to vote on the bill before Friday, when government funding to keep agencies operating runs out. But similar resistance from conservatives is expected in that chamber.

With House conservatives opposing their party's stopgap proposal as inadequate, the vote also signals trouble ahead for House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) as he negotiates a long-term deal with Democrats on behalf of a deeply split Republican caucus.

The White House, meanwhile, said it was time to resolve the budget impasse "in a sensible way."

[tigereye]

1. yeah, if those goons would have shut down the govt

imagine the rancor unleashed upon them by their constituents, who would finally realize who pays for so many things they need... :eyes: