Not good news for fiscal conservatives hoping that House Republicans will amend and send back the massive tax hike/puny spending cut Senate bill.
The GOP are now the 1930's French. MT @dnewhauser Rep Fleming (La) said sentiment in GOP mtg is to pass senate bill…Realize they're beat
— TraderRLH (@TraderRLH) January 1, 2013
GOP SENTIMENT: Conserv. Rep. Fleming told a bunch of us he thought sentiment was leaning toward allowing vote on cliff deal w/out amndmnt
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) January 1, 2013
MT @SabrinaSiddiqui: Rep. Fleming says there IS division btw Boehner/Cantor – Boehner would vote for bill w/o amendment, Cantor wouldn't.
— Jennifer Bendery (@jbendery) January 1, 2013
Where is your courage? RT @russellberman: Boehner told members "there's risk" in killing Senate bill by amending it, Fleming said
— Richard Saunders (@organicdemocrat) January 1, 2013
if even the right wingers aren't on board, then the amendment path fails. Fleming, Labrador, others say they are against it.
— Jonathan Strong (@j_strong) January 1, 2013
Several GOP lawmakers indicated that if their only vote was on the fiscal cliff deal, they would likely vote aye
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) January 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/KevinJRyan0/status/286254610488913920
Yes, we need to name names:
https://twitter.com/TomMyrvold/status/286255034528854017
We want this member’s name. So voters can get him/her “out of there”…permanently:
but maybe everyone is just ready to go home, doesn't care. One Mbr told me: "I'm not commenting, I just want to get out of here."
— Jonathan Strong (@j_strong) January 1, 2013
More from the Washington editor at Bloomberg News:
Rep. Fleming says Boehner will support Senate budget bill without amendments
— Cesca Antonelli (@CescaAntonelli) January 2, 2013
Fleming on spending cuts: "They're unlikely to take it up. I think it'll be a waste of time" @rtiron
— Cesca Antonelli (@CescaAntonelli) January 2, 2013
And GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina confirms the cave:
Mick Mulvaney guesses house will vote on Senate fiscal cliff aversion without amendment.
— Lauren Fox (@FoxReports) January 2, 2013
Update: The House officially went into recess at 7:15pm Eastern time. They may be back and up until 2am. Or not.
7:15:35pm – The House recessed. The next meeting is subject to the call of the Chair. http://t.co/cKLXsJhV
— U.S. House Floor (@HouseFloor) January 2, 2013
Most members I've spoken to don't think there are 217 #GOP votes for amended #fiscalcliff bill being whipped. We'll see.
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) January 1, 2013
Most members I've spoken to don't think there are 217 #GOP votes for amended #fiscalcliff bill being whipped. We'll see.
— Luke Russert (@LukeRussert) January 1, 2013
Update: Yet more word from another GOP congressman that the House will swallow the crap sandwich without amendments:
Rep. Murphy (R-PA) states on CNN that up or down vote on Senate bill as written will take place tonight in House w/o amendments
— Charles Jeter (@crjeterjr) January 2, 2013
. @RepTimMurphy on CNN predicting House will pass the Senate #fiscalcliff plan w/o amendments. @WPXI @WJACTV
— Patrick Terpstra (@PatrickTerpstra) January 2, 2013
…and another GOP source signals defeat on the amendment effort:
House GOP source: "Hearing only vote tonight on fiscal cliff will be up or down vote on the Senate bill." Which would mean no amendment vote
— Rebecca Buck (@RebeccaBuck) January 2, 2013
Sigh:
#FiscalCliff: House Repubs are in triage mode now. Leadership will clear some locally vulnerable members to vote yay to amend & nay on bill.
— Dan Alpert (@DanielAlpert) January 2, 2013
Awww. They’re “tired.”
GOP House aide predicting passage of Senate bill: "Members seem tired and ready to go home."
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) January 2, 2013
Put a fork in it:
GOP leadership aide tells me they will vote on the Clean Senate-passed #FiscalCliff deal. Not amending the bill w/ more spending cuts.
— John R Parkinson (@jparkABC) January 2, 2013
House will vote on Senate passed #fiscalcliff deal, no changes. Final passage could happen around 10p, per @jparkABC.
— Karen Travers (@karentravers) January 2, 2013
House will vote on Senate bill on the #fiscalcliff without amendments at 9 p.m. ET, GOP aide says. http://t.co/e2dIh21a
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) January 2, 2013