“We’re not even talking about those issues now, but you better believe, when we get back, we will,” said Rep. Gregory W. Meeks (D-N.Y.).

Boehner and Cantor plan to wait for the Senate to make a decision about Syria before taking up the matter in the House. Meantime, the GOP leaders plan to bring to the House floor this week a stopgap funding measure that would leave in place austerity measures mandated by the continuing inability of Obama and Congress to reach a deal on broad tax-and-entitlement reform.

They have yet to decide whether to provoke a showdown over Obama’s health-care law by attaching riders to defund the Affordable Care Act. Doing so would be opposed by the Democratic-controlled Senate and increase chances of a partial government shutdown when the fiscal year ends Sept. 30.

If the House and Senate can agree on a stopgap funding bill this week, the measure probably would last until Dec. 15 and clear up one legislative headache. Obama would then face the uphill challenge of trying to win approval in the House for attacking Syria. This has been complicated by his refusal to say whether he would abide by the vote if it were defeated, declining to answer the question twice at a news conference Friday closing out his G-20 trip.