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Boehner delays vote on his debt-ceiling measure - Yahoo! News
Bolded emphasis is mine.
I wonder if all those Republicans who were supporting Boehner's plan feel suckered they were supporting a plan that would cut the deficit by a whopping billion dollars next year.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Stung by revelations that his plan would cut spending less than advertised, House Speaker John Boehner on Tuesday postponed a vote on a debt-ceiling measure that was already running into opposition from tea party conservatives. The move came just a week before an Aug. 2 deadline for staving off the potential financial chaos of the nation's first-ever default.
With time running short, the speaker promised to quickly rewrite his debt-ceiling legislation after budget officials said it would cut spending by less than $1 trillion over the coming decade instead of the promised $1.2 trillion. The vote originally scheduled for Wednesday is now set for Thursday. That may give Boehner more time to hunt for votes, but it gives Congress and the White House even less time for maneuvering.
Boehner wasn't helped when presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty and the groups Tea Party Patriots and Tea Party Express criticized his plan. A worse blow came when a congressional analysis said his plan would produce smaller savings than originally promised. Of particular embarrassment was a Congressional Budget office finding that Boehner's measure would cut the deficit by just $1 billion next year.
Bolded emphasis is mine.
I wonder if all those Republicans who were supporting Boehner's plan feel suckered they were supporting a plan that would cut the deficit by a whopping billion dollars next year.
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