Since Boehner is scarabling to pass his own bill (which was delayed because he doesn't have the votes), then I doubt anything they can come up with in the Senate could possibly pass the House.
That leaves one choice, and it is entirely in Boehner's hanRAB:
1. strike a temporary alliance and abandon the Tea Pary, to ally with Nancy Pelosi and get the Democratic votes, bringing along just a couple dozen Republicans
2. miss the deadline, face a downgrade from AAA, interest rates skyrocket, not all government can get paid, causing a 10% decrease in GDP and a new recession
Boehner will need to become Speaker of the House, not merely leader of the House Republicans, abandon the Tea Party on this vote (since they already abandoned him on his bill) and strike a temporary alliance with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats that's moderate enough to bring in a majority of Democrats and minority of Republicans. The Tea Party will be really unhappy, but they abandoned him first, and they'll learn it's better to compromise with your own leader than be left out while your leadership compromises with the House Democrats.
Or the country misses the deadline on August 2nd, and Boehner might as well resign.
Which do you think Boehner will choose?
That leaves one choice, and it is entirely in Boehner's hanRAB:
1. strike a temporary alliance and abandon the Tea Pary, to ally with Nancy Pelosi and get the Democratic votes, bringing along just a couple dozen Republicans
2. miss the deadline, face a downgrade from AAA, interest rates skyrocket, not all government can get paid, causing a 10% decrease in GDP and a new recession
Boehner will need to become Speaker of the House, not merely leader of the House Republicans, abandon the Tea Party on this vote (since they already abandoned him on his bill) and strike a temporary alliance with Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats that's moderate enough to bring in a majority of Democrats and minority of Republicans. The Tea Party will be really unhappy, but they abandoned him first, and they'll learn it's better to compromise with your own leader than be left out while your leadership compromises with the House Democrats.
Or the country misses the deadline on August 2nd, and Boehner might as well resign.
Which do you think Boehner will choose?