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Yesterday, House Republicans failed to pass funding bills
for Washington D.C.,
Veterans
Affairs, and national parks.
Because the bills were brought to the House under expedited rules the
bills required a two-thirds majority to pass, thereby allowing
House Democrats to defeat the bills.

However, according to
The Washington Times House Republicans are planning on
having votes today on legislation that would fund Veterans Affairs,
national parks, the National Institutes of Health, and pay for the
National Guard. The Washington Times goes on to report
that today’s votes will only require a simple majority to pass,
making it harder for the Democrats to block the passage of the
bills.

This Republican approach is being rejected by many Democrats on
Capitol Hill, who see the strategy as a means for the Republicans
to pick and choose which parts of the government they want to
remain functioning for the duration of the partial government
shutdown. According to
The New York Times, “Democrats say they will not
negotiate any changes to the health care law, nor will they reopen
the government piece by piece. To do so, they said, would only
encourage Republican brinkmanship.”

TIME reported yesterday that the White House also
rejected the House Republican’s “piecemeal” strategy:

“These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to
run a government,” said White House Spokeswoman Amy Brundage. “If
House Republicans are legitimately concerned about the impacts of a
shut down — which extend across government from our small
businesses to women, children and seniors — they should do their
job and pass a clean CR to reopen the government. The President and
the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of
game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the President’s
desk he would veto them.”

This post will be updated once the House votes on the latest
funding proposals.

UPDATE

The House has passed legislation to reopen national parks and
museums in a 252-173 vote.
 

7:02pm ET update: The House has passed funding legislation for
the National Institutes of Health in a 254-171
vote. 

9:00pm ET:
Reason 24/7 noted earlier that the House passed legislation for
the funding of the Washington D.C. government in a surprise voice
vote.