DELAY TACTICS

House Passes One-Week Budget Extension

Unlikely to pass Senate, White House.

Nice try: The House of Representatives passed a stopgap spending measure Thursday that will fund the Department of Defense through September and will keep the government open for one more week. Though there is agreement between both parties about the defense authorization bill, Democrats object to the GOP’s $12 billion in budget cuts that the measure calls for and the House vote went pretty much along party lines. President Obama already said he would veto the bill, although it’s unlikely to even get that far—the Democratic-controlled Senate has already voiced objections. Meanwhile, House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid still had no deal after a Thursday afternoon meeting, while they agreed to work through Thursday night with the Friday deadline looming.