NEWSMAX: …”I believe a clean CR would pass the House comfortably,” [U.S. Rep. Charlie] Dent, , R-Pa., told CNN, though he would not predict a specific vote tally….
A total of 217 representatives are needed to pass the resolution. Other reports show 20 or more Republicans promising to vote for a clean continuing resolution.
House Speaker John Boehner has refused to allow a vote, saying it would not pass. The Republican-led House is in a battle with the Democratic-controlled Senate and White House over keeping the federal government funded and ending a partial shutdown that began Oct. 1… (more)
