WASHINGTON ¨C Congressional Republicans showed no signs on Wednesday of having a clear plan for averting a U.S. government shutdown in three weeks over funding for Planned Parenthood, though senior party leaders have made clear they want to avoid that scenario.
As has happened before, a shutdown on Oct. 1 would likely rattle financial markets. But Republicans had little to say about this in their remarks about the women¡¯s health group and conservatives¡¯ demands that its federal funding be cut off.
After an hour-long, closed-door meeting of fellow party members, House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner said there were ¡°no decisions at this point¡± on the content of a stopgap funding bill for the federal fiscal year beginning Oct. 1.
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