House Plan to Reopen Government Falters

Well, of course it did

The House Rules Committee has postponed its hearing as support for Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) new plan appears to be in serious doubt. The hearing is a necessary first step before a vote, so a vote is now unlikely on the plan tonight.

Just prior to the postponement, the conservative outfit Heritage Action said it opposed the measure, and rank-and-file lawmakers normally supportive of leadership expressed alarm that they had shut down the government and would get nothing for it except a punitive measure hurting their own staff's healthcare, according to GOP chiefs of staff.