GOP leaders will meet Thursday to talk funding strategy

But his job is so thankless that no real rival has emerged to succeed him. “They are the Pelosi Republicans“, Nunes said in an interview.

Congress’ Republican leaders face stark tests as they fight to keep the government open past month’s end, amid fears a shutdown could crush their party’s White House ambitions.

The Hill reported that the ultraconservative Freedom Caucus are threatening to oust Boehner as speaker over his resistance to a government shutdown over funding for Planned Parenthood.

But Democratic support could further damage Boehner’s standing among conservative members of the rank-and-file.

Speculation about Boehner’s vulnerability accelerated this summer with the filing by Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina of a motion to “vacate the chair”, a long-shot procedural move that if successful could lead to Boehner’s removal. He said Democrats are as uncertain as everyone else about what happens next. Pelosi has shown the ability to work with Boehner, including earlier this year when the two cut a major deal to overhaul how physicians treating Medicare patients are paid. But he said it would behoove the speaker to put down the uprising sooner rather than later. However, the speaker – whose supporters fear he is facing another coup threat – will have to have to decide whether to rely on the help of Democrats from the get-go or try to placate hardliners one last time.

President Barack Obama warned the country that allowing the government to shutdown would jeopardize years of economic progress in his weekly address Saturday.

“In football, it’s kind of like firing your coach mid-season”, Rooney said. U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., voted for U.S Sen.

So is Boehner’s willingness to keep this arduous schedule a sign that underneath it all, he really does care about each and every House Republican? The allegations have called into question the $528.4 million government funds the organization received past year.

As we write, no one can be sure that Congress will pass a law keeping the government funded beyond that date and thereby enable it to avoid a partial shutdown.

The Senate bill is expected to fail and McConnell is expected to bring up a so-called “clean” spending bill that would continue funding the government while leaving Planned Parenthood’s funding alone.

In the Senate, Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) reportedly has a plan that would permit his caucus to stage a symbolic vote against Planned Parenthood without risking a shutdown.

Federal agencies will run out of money in a week, but House GOP leaders still haven’t outlined a path forward for a stopgap bill.

The landmines have Democrats waiting for an opportunity to exert their power.

“We don’t know what the Republicans are going to do, and our experience has been that the Republicans are somewhat unpredictable”, he said. “Things can always be worse”.

If that ringing endorsement doesn’t make you want to get into politics, what will? He said that Texas could serve as a model for Boehner. Most believe the speaker, who enjoys widespread GOP support, would survive such a vote, in part because there’s no obvious candidate to replace him aside from members of his own leadership team, who’ve disavowed the effort.