So, @SpeakerBoehner appears positioned to narrowly get his way on Plan B, based on sequester replacement passage.
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David M. Drucker (@DavidMDrucker) December 20, 2012In what many are calling a preview of the vote to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire for those with incomes over $1 million, the House tonight passed a spending reduction plan, but just barely.
The House passed H.R. 6684, the Spending Reduction Act of 2012, in a 215-209-1 vote. http://t.co/TECQPoZH—
Eric Cantor (@GOPLeader) December 20, 2012
House votes 215-209 for step one of "Plan B," a bill that cuts spending & averts some military spending cuts—
Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) December 20, 2012
Republican sequestration replacement bill comes down to the wire! Passes 215-209 with 22 GOPers breaking rank, voting 'no.'—
(@JaredHalpern) December 20, 2012
Ruh roh. Factoid from @jamiedupree the spending cuts bill that just barely passed lost 5 gop votes since last vote on it in May—
Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) December 20, 2012
The vote on a tax hike for those making more than $1 million is expected soon. House Speaker John Boehner has been trying to promote the idea that no amount of tax hikes will fix the economy, even pushing a Twitter hashtag, #SpendingIsTheProblem.
What did pass was the "sequestration" revision bill that would have shifted cuts from defense to social spending.—
RGC_BPPA_AnthonyJK (@RGC_BPPA) December 21, 2012
The spending cuts bill that the House just passed replaces the automatic sequestration cuts.—
Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 20, 2012
It also cuts the Obamacare slush fund, the failed HAMP mortgage reform effort, and reforms food stamps and the child refundable tax credit.—
Gabriel Malor (@gabrielmalor) December 20, 2012
Within minutes, the White House had promised a veto were the legislation to pass the Senate, an outcome which also seems unlikely.
Minutes after the House passed the sequester replacement bill, the White House officially threatens a veto—
Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) December 20, 2012
Time for a huddle.
Spotted: Eric Cantor and entourage walking into Speaker Boehner’s office. Wonder if they’ll chat about that troublesome Plan B vote…—
Rebecca Berg (@rebeccagberg) December 21, 2012
