WASHINGTON -- With the Republican-led House still crafting its latest bid to use funding the government to delay or destroy the Affordable Care Act, Senate leaders already have decided to reject the House bill, leaving the other chamber with a funding-only option.
Carrying out that decision would leave the government on the precipice of a shutdown.
Senate leadership sources said the Senate would return to session as planned at 2 p.m. Monday -- just 10 hours before the shutdown -- and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) will move to table the House legislation, which requires a simple 51-vote majority.
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