Apparently, the "story line" is that there was agreement on $33B in cuts for the rest of the year, but without any "riders" on social issues; then the riders were added by the GOP House to defund Planned Parenthood and to remove the EPA's enforcement of carbon emissions and mining. The negotiations resulted in $38B in cuts, but a deadlock on the social and environmental riders. Now the EPA riders are out. leaving PP the sole rider blocking passage.