In other news, House Republicans will vote on a bill this week to protect Social Security and national debt in the event of a default, but nothing else. The Treasury says this is a non-starter.
Meanwhile, Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) is running to be the next Speaker of the House but he might lose his congressional seat next year. Whoops?
And finally, the county commission of Greene County, Tennessee will vote on a resolution to fly the confederate battle flag. Some may say it's about "heritage, not hate" but Greene County was never a part of the Confederacy.
During the Civil War, it was a patch of the South so reviled by the Confederacy for its pro-Union leanings that it in 1862 it was declared "enemy territory" by the secessionist government.
The area's most celebrated native, Andrew Johnson, was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union. Johnson would go on to become president, succeeding Abraham Lincoln.