By ANDREW TAYLOR
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, speaks during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013, after meeting with congressional leaders of both parties to discuss the budget. Boehner said he will insist on curbing spending in a fight over the debt limit. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
WASHINGTON (AP) — GOP leaders eager to avoid blame for a possible government shutdown next month appear confounded by conservatives’ passion for using fast-approaching deadlines to derail the implementation of President Barack Obama’s health care law.
House Speaker John Boehner (BAY’-nur) conceded Thursday his plan was all but dead for quickly passing a temporary spending bill that also defunds Obamacare, make the Senate vote on each idea separately and then send only the portion for keeping the government open to the White House for the president’s signature.
Meanwhile, new freelance efforts by rank-and-file Republicans to condition keeping the government open or preventing a debt ceiling default on delaying the health care low for a year hit a brick wall of opposition from Democrats vowing to never let the Obamacare be delayed or unraveled.
