House Conservatives Revolt Against Senate Plan - House Leadership To Try Its Own Plan

AP

House conservatives are signaling their disapproval of a possible Senate deal that would reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling, providing expected complications just two days ahead of a Thursday deadline to raise the nation's borrowing limit.

And now House Republicans are planning to move their own bill, according to National Review's Robert Costa.

Before they walked into a 9 a.m. House Republican conference meeting Tuesday morning, House conservatives complained to Costa. One Tea Party congressman called it a "mushy piece of s-." Another said that if House Speaker John Boehner backs the deal, "he's in trouble."

"That seems to be an oxymoron. 'Senate,' then 'plan,'" said Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas).

The opposition is not really a surprise. House Republicans en masse won't be thrilled that the only thing they're "getting" out of this is an income-verification measure for people obtaining subsidies through the Affordable Care Act. It's not a policy victory with which they can go home to their constituents after a more than two-week shutdown.

According to Roll Call, about 15-20 House conservatives met in secret with Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) Monday night at the Capitol Hill watering hole Tortilla Coast, where they discussed how to respond to the Senate deal.

And it appears that House leadership is not yet ready to give in to the Senate plan.