True but the House could Adjourn until the Senate Takes up the Budget they Submitted and FORCE THE ISSUE, The House can do Absolutely Nothing if they Want, They can shut down ALL OF GOVERNMENT anytime by Refusing to Bring Anything to the Floor, the House Has ALL the POWER but none of the balls.
Ask Newt how well that worked out.
They've already got the graphics and and artwork ready at all the Networks. "Republicans deny poor people food and medicine."
Network trucks would rush to Old Folks homes to show a starving geezer who wasn't getting his sustenance because Medicare was shutdown.
There is an old saying "Never start a battle you know you can't win."
Bohener isn't that dumb.