- By
- KRISTINA PETERSON
- And
- JANET HOOK
The Senate is currently considering a bill passed by the House last week that would keep the government running when the next fiscal year starts on Oct. 1 and eliminate funding for the federal health-care overhaul, known as Obamacare. Senate Democrats are expected to pass the bill sometime this week or weekend, but strip out the health-care provisions to produce something referred to as a "clean" spending bill.
Mr. Boehner said he did not see the House passing that bill without House Republicans adding some other measures. Those provisions would be designed to appease conservative lawmakers who have rebelled against other plans to keep the government funded.
"We have no interest in seeing a government shutdown, but we've got to address the spending problem," Mr. Boehner said, noting that he did not expect the government to go into a partial shutdown on Tuesday. Mr Boehner said "there will be options available" for House Republicans to make the spending bill more palatable.
Among the options House GOP lawmakers are considering are a one-year delay in the health-care law's individual mandate or a repeal of the law's tax on medical devices, according to senior GOP aides.
House Republicans are also considering prohibiting lawmakers and certain White House staff from receiving federal contributions to offset some of their health-care premiums. Mr. Boehner said he wouldn't comment on how Republicans will alter the spending bill until it has been passed by the Senate.
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