Eric Cantor makes his move for Speaker, votes against the Fiscal Cliff Deal
Later tonight, or very early Wednesday morning, Congress will vote on the bill passed last night by the Senate to end the fiscal cliff mess. Currently there are two republicans groups in the House, those who support the bill, lead by Speaker Boehner, and those republicans who oppose it, lead by Majority Leader Eric Cantor. Earlier today,”I do not support the bill,” Cantor said walking out of a conference meeting in which House Republicans discussed the “fiscal cliff” deal.
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At 10:30 Tuesday night it was not clear who had the votes. But this appears to be a move on Cantor’s part to push for the Speakership when Congress votes on Thursday for the new leadership positions. If Boehner is re-elected, Cantor must wait another two years. It’s no secret that Eric Cantor wants to be Speaker of the House.
Watch the vote tonight, if Cantor’s group leads in defeating the Senate’s bill, he’ll push to win the Speakership on Thursday. If he joins Boehner in voting for the bill, he most likely doesn’t have the votes to win the Speakership on Thursday.
UPDATE: At 10:57 tonight, the House voted to accept the Senate’s fiscal cliff deal, by a vote of 257 to 167. Speaker Boehner voted for the bill, Majority leader Cantor voted against it, as did all Virginia republicans and Jim Moran. Full vote here.
2 Responses to “Eric Cantor makes his move for Speaker, votes against the Fiscal Cliff Deal”
Very proud our 10th District Congressman, Frank Wolf, voted AGAINST this Obamanation. 41:1 tax increases to spending cuts … O’Boehner must go!
At the end of the day, what was “O’Boehner” supposed to do? duh……..that was the best deal on the plate…..so the realists voted YES; the dummies or know-nothings simply voted “no”………a good way to screw the people and Boehner………..why didnt O”Cantor come up with a better deal beyond voting no. The answer…………he simply wanted to screw O”Boehner” and the public to achieve his own personal goals…………even Paul Ryan knew what needed to be done……….it seems that the true Americans stood up………..the little sneaks cowered in the corner………….
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