IT'S OFFICIAL: The Government Will Shut Down, And Here's The GOP's Next Move

The House of Representatives is expected to vote late Monday night on a motion to go to conference with the Senate on the government-funding bill.

This means they will not vote on the so-called "clean" CR as demanded by House and Senate Democrats, and the government will partially shut down at midnight on Tuesday.

The House Rules Committee will meet at 10:30 p.m. to decide on a rule that will allow Majority Leader Eric Cantor to request a conference with the Senate.

House Republicans' thinking is that the move will put pressure on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Democrats. And it will force them to the negotiating table.

"It's regular order," a GOP leadership aide told Business Insider to the House's rationale. "It means we're the reasonable, responsible actors trying to keep the process alive as the clock ticks past midnight, despite Washington Democrats' refusal - thus far - to negotiate."

The aide said that the House GOP will likely not include in the motion a stopgap bill to fund the government for a short, one- or two-week period. Instead, they will again look to pass their latest offer - one that has in it two amendments that chip away at Obamacare, and that the Senate rejected Monday evening. This means the government will partially shut down for the first time in 17 years.

The House's final move come after Republicans have rejected the idea of going to conference on the budget for months.

In case you're keeping score, here's the ping-pong that the Senate and House have played since Friday:

• Sept. 20: The House passed a continuing resolution that funds the government through Dec. 15 - but strips funding for Obamacare.
• Friday: The Senate passed a so-called "clean" continuing resolution that would have kept the government funded through Nov. 15. It stripped out the language defunding Obamacare.
• Saturday: The House decided against passing the Senate's CR, instead attaching to it two "poison pill" amendments that fundamentally altered the Affordable Care Act. The first two House amendments delayed Obamacare by one year and repealed a tax on medical devices.
• Monday afternoon: The Senate immediately tabled the two amendments, sending the CR back to the House.
• Monday night: The House decided again to not pass a "clean" CR, adding two more Obamacare-related amendments. These amendments delayed just the individual mandate by one year, and added includes language that would bar lawmakers, Congressional staffers, and administration staffers from receiving federal subsidies for health insurance under Obamacare.
  
• Less than an hour later, the Senate again rejected the House's amendments, putting the ball back in the House's court.