Steven Ahrenholz, a furloughed federal worker, protests outside the Department of Health and Human Services CDC offices Tuesday in Cincinnati. The government shutdown is entering its third week. House GOP leaders Tuesday floated a plan to fellow Republicans to counter an emerging Senate deal to reopen the government and forestall an economy-rattling default on U.S. obligations. But the plan got mixed reviews from the rank and file and it was not clear whether it could pass the chamber.