TPM reports:
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has laid a final offer at Republicans' feet, and it will require them to drop their insistence on defunding Planned Parenthood, and accepting what Reid insists is an agreed upon level of spending cuts. If Republicans don't take it, and if Reid's not bluffing, the government will shutdown.
TPM also interviewed a Tea Party freshman about why he's unwilling to compromise on this issue:
[Rep. Blake Farenthold (R-TX)] said the riders are important to voters back home. And if House Speaker John Boehner agrees to a deal which doesn't included the abortion rider, he could have a tough time convincing his members to go along with it. "I've gotta go back home, look people in the eye and say, look, I told you $100 billion, but I went for less, and I've got to have a because," Farenthold said. "Because I don't want to be perceived as a liar back home."
The Dish 