With just over 3 hours left until a completely unexpected government shutdown, what was supposed to be a token vote (as we called it), ended up being yet another debacle for House republicans under Boehner, when it turned out – literally in the last second – that the republicans do not have the required votes.
So here is what happens next:
NEWS: HOUSE REPUBLICANS WILL ROLL THE DICE, VOTE ON THE CROMNIBUS. MOVE TO THREE-MONTH STOP-GAP BILL IF IT FAILS.