House Vote on Budget Postponed

November 10, 2005

Your calls worked! The House Budget Reconciliation Act was tabled Thursday afternoon when the Republican leadership announced it didn't have the 218 votes for passage.

This bill is not dead, though. The almost $60 billion in budget "slashes" — they are too cruel to just be called cuts — will simply be reworked and deals will be offered to individual members to get the votes needed. The House will keep busy next week working on their $70 billion tax giveaway. Stay tuned.

Read more about this session's budget fight.