Congress Reaches Tentative Deal To Avoid Pre-Election Government Shutdown

Congressional leaders on Tuesday announced an agreement to avoid a government shutdown weeks before Election Day, that will fund the government for six months at agreed upon levels when funding expires on Oct. 1.

But the bill still needs to be written and passed by both chambers in time — a challenge for House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), whose members have been hoping to use it as a vehicle to cut deeply into government programs.

“The Speaker and I and the President have agreed on how we’re going to fund the government for the next six months,” said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV). “It will be free of riders. This is very good.”

Note that they’ve agreed to write legislation, not that such legislation exists. Any bets on how long it is before the TPers rise up and call for the bill to be voted down because they’d rather drive the country into default in order to avoid funding “Obamacare”?