WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama may have tasked House Republicans with crafting a debt ceiling offer that will once again test divisions within their caucus.
A group of Republicans joined their leaders at the White House Thursday evening with a proposal that would raise the nation’s borrowing cap for six weeks, but leave the government unfunded and closed. The shutdown was the main obstacle for Obama, who insisted on a plan to end it. Both sides said discussions would continue.
Back on Capitol Hill, many House Republicans said earlier they didn’t like the plan, but were ready to support almost anything resembling progress. While several rank-and-file members shared the president’s main gripe — that the current offer failed to reopen the government — conservatives said just the opposite. They wanted to leave government funding unresolved so they could keep up the fight against Obamacare.
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