GOP negotiator considers government shutdown despite debt limit deal.

Rep. Garret Graves, a key negotiator in recent debt ceiling talks, acknowledged that some House Republicans may be emboldened from the recent debt negotiations and said he wouldn’t rule out the possibility of a government shutdown when Congress debates the appropriations bills in the fall. Graves criticized the approach taken by members of the far-right faction of his conference that opposed the debt and spending bill, saying the way they exercised their leverage, “really threatened the economy in a large way.” He signaled he was optimistic about future opportunities to work on policy areas across the aisle, pointing to energy, budget and immigration as potential areas for compromise.