The House will vote late Saturday night on a new government-funding measure that includes a one-year delay of ObamaCare, a move that could ensure much of the federal government shuts down on Tuesday.

The White House issued a veto threat and Senate Democrats vowed to reject the measure, which would also repeal the health law's medical device tax.

Votes on the package may not take place until close to midnight. It's unclear whether the Senate, which is not scheduled to return until Monday, will come in Sunday to formally reject the package.

There are no scheduled meetings between congressional leaders and the president, who was golfing Saturday afternoon.

At a House GOP conference meeting Saturday evening, Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE (R-Ohio) explained why it took so long to get the amendments and the bill to the House floor.





Members leaving the conclave said he told them that after discussions between the parliamentarians of the two chambers, the Senate would only have to vote once on the new package, rather than on each amendment separately, as they originally believed.

The bill was not changed, and Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE did not discuss what the House would do if the Senate rejected the amended spending bill, as Democratic leaders have vowed to do.

"We're going to wait to see what they do," Rep. Charles Boustany Charles William BoustanyPartial disengagement based on democratic characteristics: A new era of US-China economic relations Lobbying world March tariff increase would cost 934K jobs, advocacy group says MORE (R-La.) said.

Boehner outlined his maneuver at an earlier conference meeting at midday; members could be heard cheering outside the room in a Capitol basement.





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Republican lawmakers inside the meeting chanted, "Vote! Vote! Vote!" after hearing the plan, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) said.





Republicans exiting the meeting applauded Boehner's decision and said the ball was in Senate Democrats' court.

"When people understand what the House of Representatives is doing, in that we are willing to fund 99 percent of the federal government that all parties agree of funding, then the American people are going to see that we're not the obstructionists — the Senate is," said Rep. Mo Brooks Morris (Mo) Jackson BrooksOvernight Defense: Trump hosts Israel, UAE, Bahrain for historic signing l Air Force reveals it secretly built and flew new fighter jet l Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' OVERNIGHT ENERGY: House Democrats tee up vote on climate-focused energy bill next week | EPA reappoints controversial leader to air quality advisory committee | Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals' Coronavirus creates delay in Pentagon research for alternative to 'forever chemicals,' official says MORE (R-Ala.).

The Republican bill is expected to pass. Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) asked his GOP colleagues who planned to vote for it, and every hand went up, according to a Republican lawmaker who was in the room. As a result, McCarthy will not whip the measure, the legislator added.

The House bill changes the expiration date on the spending bill to Dec. 15 from Nov. 15 in the Senate measure.

In a statement, Boehner and his deputies said, "The American people don't want a government shut down and they don't want ObamaCare...We will do our job and send this bill over, and then it's up to the Senate to pass it and stop a government shutdown.

Senate Democratic leaders said the bill was dead on arrival in the upper chamber. Even before the House GOP settled on its plan, President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid Harry Mason ReidSenate Republicans signal openness to working with Biden Mellman: The likely voter sham Bottom line MORE (D-Nev.) had said they would not accept a government funding bill that included changes to ObamaCare.

"Today's vote by House Republicans is pointless," Reid said. "As I have said repeatedly, the Senate will reject any Republican attempt to force changes to the Affordable Care Act through a mandatory government funding bill or the debt ceiling.





GOP aides said the House wants to move on its bill quickly to show it is working to prevent a shutdown. It also hopes the sight of the House working on a Saturday, and the Senate not working on Sunday will help its image.

Finally, if the Senate cannot act quickly on the House measure becuase of objections by Sen. Ted Cruz Rafael (Ted) Edward CruzLoeffler calls for hearing in wake of Netflix's 'Cuties' Health care in the crosshairs with new Trump Supreme Court list 'Parks and Rec' cast members hosting special reunion to raise money for Wisconsin Democrats MORE (R-Texas), some House Republicans hope that will make him the face of a shutdown, and not House Republicans.

Because of Senate rules, all senators would have to consent to expedited votes before the Monday midnight deadline to avert a shutdown.

Many Republicans rejected the notion that the Senate doesn't have enough time to act.

"They have plenty of time," Rep. James Lankford (R-Okla.) said. "The Senate, when it wants to, can respond extremetly fast."

Although polls indicate that most voters would blame Republicans for a shutdown, Lankford said the negative consequences of shuttering the government were not discussed at Saturday's meeting.

Leaving Saturday's meeting, Rep. Michele Bachmann Michele Marie BachmannEvangelicals shouldn't be defending Trump in tiff over editorial Mellman: The 'lane theory' is the wrong lane to be in White House backs Stephen Miller amid white nationalist allegations MORE (R-Minn.), a Tea Party favorite, was all smiles.

"This is exactly what we hoped for so we're all getting behind leadership," she said. "We're excited [and] we're united."

Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.), who has bucked his leaders on many occasions, said the Republican proposal "sounds very reasonable."

Democrats on the House floor mocked Republicans, saying they are simply following the lead of Tea Party Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).

House Republicans are reluctant to give Cruz too much credit, arguing that they led the charge on ObamaCare.

"I think we motivated him," Rep. Richard Hudson (R-N.C.) said after the meeting. "We stood firm first, and then he did what he did."

Boehner's strategy will make Cruz the face of the shutdown — not House Republicans, a House GOP lawmaker said.

Rep. Steve Israel (N.Y.), who heads the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, said the House bill "is a plan to shut down the government."

"I don't mind the Republicans committing political suicide, but they're dragging the country and the economy down with them," Israel said. "I think we have a path to win [control of the House] in November of 2014. I'm just worried about what kind of damage Republicans are going to inflict on the economy between now and then."

Boehner, meanwhile, did not comment as he left Saturday's meeting.

According to the GOP plan, the House will vote on the ObamaCare delay and the repeal of the medical device tax as amendments to the continuing resolution passed by the Senate. The House will also vote on a separate bill providing members of the military to continue receiving their paychecks in the event of a government shutdown.

Under pressure from the right and the left, Boehner appeared in good spirits inside the meeting, Nunes said. “He’s trying to do everything he can to stop the intraparty fighting,” Nunes said of the Speaker.

The medical device tax part of the bill is popular. It has 263 cosponsors, including 38 Democrats. Regardless, most — if not all — Democrats are expected to oppose the House GOP bill.

Boehner’s move is a clear nod to conservatives after his leadership team tried unsuccessfully to get the House Republican conference to shift their fight over the healthcare law to an upcoming battle over the debt ceiling.

During Saturday's meeting. Rep. Justin Amash Justin AmashOn The Trail: How Nancy Pelosi could improbably become president History is on Edward Snowden's side: Now it's time to give him a full pardon Trump says he's considering Snowden pardon MORE (R-Mich.) thanked GOP leaders. The room filled with laughter because Amash is known as a huge thorn in leadership's side.

Boehner, according to lawmaker sources, responded with a joke: "We might have something wrong with this plan."

Mike Lillis contributed to this article, which was posted at 12:46 p.m. and last updated at 9:22 p.m.