[sickoflibs]

RE :”With the government shuttered and a deadline for raising the debt limit just two weeks off, anxious Republicans began steering the party away from a dead-end debate about the health-care law and toward discussion of a broader deal to reduce the nation’s debt.
Given that a bloc of hard-line conservatives is unlikely to vote to increase the limit under any circumstances, Boehner has told fellow Republicans that they must craft an agreement that can attract significant Democratic support.”

Note that they originally said the debt limit was the best target to use rather than the CR, now it looks like thats over,

Dont be surprised if he rolls the CR into that.

[bert]

He can write a bill reducing various budgets by the amount needed to fund the existing interest for a specified period.

No default, no ceiling increase.