REPORT: Paul Ryan says he doesn’t need the Freedom Caucus to pass the CR, which means….

It looks like Paul Ryan has found the votes he needs to pass the short-term CR, without the Freedom Caucus:

So Ryan must be getting Democrat votes to pass the CR if he doesn’t need the HFC any longer. Which is a very Boehner-ish move.

In the Senate, Democrats say they have the votes to block the CR:

Looks more and more like a shutdown will happen if this continues. And if Republicans can’t wrangle their own members to vote for the CR, it will create more of a problem in blaming the Democrats for the shutdown…


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