We believe cut, cap and balance represents the best path forward, and we are looking forward to the House vote on it tomorrow.” 
 
 Obama clearly disagrees, and the administration said flatly Monday that the president would veto the House bill –regardless of the debt ceiling impact—if the measure should ever reach his desk 
 
 Final revisions made Friday submerge conservative demands to reduce all federal spending to 18 percent of gross domestic product — a target that threatened to split the GOP by requiring far deeper cuts than even the party’s April budget. “Now the House of Representatives has to make its decision about what it will do.” 
 
 “We basically have to accept this responsibility and do this job and lead,” said the Senate’s No.
– So much for the weekend plans of the United States Senate: The Chicago Tribune notes that Harry Reid said today he'll hold session every single day "from now until Congress passes legislation that prevents the United States from defaulting on our obligations." While little progress was made last week, President Obama met with John Boehner and Eric Cantor in secret yesterday in an effort to get deficit talks back on track before the Aug. 2 deadline, adds Politico. “We're making progress,” he said today. Republicans are expected to vote tomorrow on a measure requiring congressional approval of a budget amendment to the Constitution before the debt ceiling is raised—a measure Obama bluntly says he would veto, reports the Washington Post. But some 40 House GOPers say they won't touch the debt ceiling without such a "cut, cap, and balance” measure. “There will be a fringe that believes that playing with Armageddon is a good idea, but I don’t think that’s where the majority will be,” says Obama's budget director.