GOP stopgap spending plan to be delayed
Source: AP-Excite
By ANDREW TAYLOR
WASHINGTON (AP) - A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month.
GOP leaders pulled the measure from the House schedule after initial vote counts showed them running into opposition from several dozen staunch conservatives who think the leadership is not fighting hard enough to block implementation of President Barack Obama's health care law.
The conservatives are unhappy with a plan by GOP leaders to advance the measure through the House coupled with a provision to derail implementation of the new health care law but allow the Democratic Senate to send it on to the White House shorn of the "defund 'Obamacare'" provision so long as there is a vote on it.
The plan by top Republicans like Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia is designed to keep government agencies running through Dec. 15. Cantor's office announced the delay.
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In this Sept. 10, 2013, photo, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., walks to a Republican strategy session at the Capitol, in Washington. A revolt by tea party conservatives forced House GOP leaders on Wednesday, Sept. 11, to delay a vote on a temporary spending bill required to prevent a government shutdown next month. The plan by top Republicans like Cantor is designed to keep government agencies running through Dec. 15. Cantor's office announced the delay. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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