No clear path to avoid shutdown as House GOP stands firm

Congress's rocky path to avoiding a government shutdown became even rougher Thursday, as Speaker John Boehner said the House wouldn't accept the spending plan likely to emerge from the Senate.

Boehner's announcement comes days before the budget deadline of Sept 30, according to the Wall Street Journal.

While the Senate is expected to pass a bill today to fund the government for the first month and a half of the upcoming fiscal year, Senate Democrats plan to restore money to the Affordable Care Act, a move House Republicans had stripped out and leaves the chambers in conflict.

On Thursday, President Barack Obama reiterated his stance that he won't negotiate on the debt ceiling and won't sign any bill that defunds or delays the health care law, the journal reports.

Read more at the Wall Street Journal.