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House Votes ‘Yes’ on Senate ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Bill

Jan. 1, 2013 8:42pm Becket Adams

[Editor's note: The bill passed the House by a vote of 257-167. Scroll down to see updates to this story.]

Republican Controlled House Votes to Pass Amendment Less Version of the Senates Fiscal Cliff Deal

Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, center, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., right, arrive for the House Republican Conference meeting on the fiscal cliff legislation in the Capitol, Jan. 1, 2013. (Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images)

The Republican-controlled House is preparing a vote tonight on the “Job Protection and Recession Prevention Act of 2012,” the “fiscal cliff” bill passed last night at 1:58 a.m. ET by the U.S. Senate.

House Rules Committee Chairman David Dreier (R-Calif.) says he expects “strong bipartisan support” for passage of #fiscalcliff bill.

— Ed O’Keefe (@edatpost) January 2, 2013

Preparation for the House’s passage of the “fiscal cliff” deal struck by the Senate has been marked by confusion and anger from conservative leaders.

“I do not support the bill. We are looking, though, for the best path forward,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) said after a meeting with the party’s rank-and-file.

Some believe his decision to speak out against the bill while Speaker Boehner (R-Ohio) has remained relatively silent may signal that Rep. Cantor has his eyes on the speakership.

A handful of GOP House members fought to amend the Senate bill so that it would include more cuts. However, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) vowed that he would “absolutely not take up the bill” if it involved amendments to the Senate’s original “cliff” deal.

“We’ve gone as far as we can go,” said Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Ga.), “I think people are ready to bring this to a conclusion, and know we have a whole year ahead of us” to continue the fight over spending.

The Senate’s bill puts off the automatic spending cuts (i.e. the “sequester”) for two months. It also calls for about $600+ billion in new tax hikes while cutting only a fraction of that amount in government spending. In fact, for every $41 that is raised in taxes, only $1 will be cut.

Also, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate’s “fiscal cliff” bill will add $4 trillion over a decade to federal deficits.

And in case you were wondering about whether a spending bill originated in the Senate (as opposed to lower chamber), here’s an explanation:

The Senate cliff bill is a massive amendment to a House-passed bill, thus complying with Const. prov. that House must originate tax bills.

— Brit Hume (@brithume) January 1, 2013

“I personally hate it,” said Rep. John Campbell (R-Calif.). “The speaker the day after the election said we would give on taxes and we have. But we wanted spending cuts. This bill has spending increases. Are you kidding me? So we get tax increases and spending increases? Come on.”

Unsurprisingly, House Democrats are all for the vote.

“That is what we expect. That is what the American people deserve,” said Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

UPDATE – Folks, we may be in for a late one:

My colleague @jacksonjk reports House GOP leadership aides estimate vote on #fiscalcliff final passage between 11:15 p.m. and 11:45 p.m

— Major Garrett(@MajorCBS) January 2, 2013

Also, unlike last night’s Senate vote, the House is moving at lightning speed to get this deal through:

House debate on #fiscalcliff rule is moving VERY, VERY, VERY fast.

— Jill Jackson (@jacksonjk) January 2, 2013

Voting has begun:

House now voting on debate rule for the Senate-passed fiscal cliff bill. Once approved, House begins hour debate on that, no amendments.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 2, 2013

UPDATE II: First hurdle cleared:

Rule to get to the fiscal cliff bill passes by wide margin, not a surprise

— Ed Henry (@edhenryTV) January 2, 2013

The House will now take an hour to debate the Senate-backed “cliff” deal. After that, the House will vote for its final passage.

A little food for thought while we wait. First, from Sen. Carl Levin (D-Mich.): “We owe Nancy Pelosi a real debt of gratitude for being where we are today.”

Second, from Sen. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas):

Gohmert: I’d like to thank the other side for finally recognizing that the other 98% of Americans saw a tax cut under Bush.

— Bill Murphy (@billmurphy) January 2, 2013

The vote is scheduled for 11:00 p.m. ET.

UPDATE III (10:00 p.m. ET) — While we wait on the House to debate the bill, here’s a dramatization of America going over the “fiscal cliff” (which is really more of a hill anyway):

UPDATE IV: With the blessing of the Speaker, the “fiscal cliff” deal has passed the House.

Breaking with Rep. Boehner, Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.) and Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) voted “no” on the measure. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), however, voted “yea.”

Cantor spox: “Leader Cantor is very proud of Speaker Boehner and our entire conference for fighting the good fight”

— Daniel Newhauser (@dnewhauser) January 2, 2013

Thus ends the Paul Ryan 2016 Presidential Exploratory Committee.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) January 2, 2013

Boehner/Ryan — most prominent ayes. McCarthy/Cantor — most prominent nays. Intrigue in the GOP ranks.

— Robert Costa (@robertcostaNRO) January 2, 2013

Here’s a complete list of the 85 Republicans who voted “yes” to the Senate backed measure:

House Votes ‘Yes’ on The Senate’s ‘Fiscal Cliff’ Bill

Shortly after passing the bill, President Obama held a press conference to thank Congress for its work and vowed going forward to avoid any more dramatic fights over the country’s financial woes.

“I will not have another debate with this Congress over the debt ceiling,” the president said.

The president will depart later this evening to resume his Hawaiian vacation:

With bill passed, Pres Obama flying back to Hawaii tonight to resume vacation with family still there.

— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) January 2, 2013

Final Thought: Our “final thought” comes via senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University Veronique de Rugy:

Rs who voted for this bill that raises taxes& spending and postpones sequester to cancel it later make French socialists look like Reagan.

— Veronique de Rugy (@veroderugy) January 2, 2013

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All photos courtesy the AP. This article is being updated … a lot.

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Comments (388)

sbenard
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:42pm
I’m DONE with the Republican Party. No spine, no principles!

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- wordsofwisdom
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 8:25am
  Didn’t I predict this out come a week ago? Yes I did. How long are we going to allow this pattern of going down to the last minute illegal bill writing that comes out of the Senate to keep happening? People the house leaders just joined with the Dim’s to vote against us & screw us! STOP THE SPENDING should be their call regardless of what the consequences because it will be impossible to recover later and the suffering will be worse & last longer! You people that are in on the plan to destroy this country will deserve what you reap! “The End Times” http://www.reverbnation.com/play_now/song_10381143
  Could be you who bring it on?
  
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revelation2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:42pm
When I THINK about all the money that was spent on

the Romney campaign and the Senate and Sec of States positions

weren’t concidered as IMPORTANT – had we secured the

Senate we could have come a LOT closer to accomplishing

the passing of BILLS that could have HELPED ALL AMERICANS

THE GLOBALISTS AND NEO CONS ARE CLOSING IN FOR THE KILL!

hundreds of bills that need to be amended – IF – ‘O’ had someone

been able to prove he was ILLGALLY president – EVERYTHING HE HAS

SIGNED COULD HAVE BEEN FLUSHED,,,,,,,,,,,

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Timberline
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:38pm
time is drawing ever nearer to “feed the tree of Liberty” that Jefferson told us about

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- revelation2012
  Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:50pm
  “THEY” have been draining the very LIFE out of our Men and Women
  
  IN THE MILITARY and sending Them home ‘butchered’ THEY HAVE
  
  BEEN FEEDING “THE TREE OF LIBERTY” WITH THEIR BLOOD!
  
  ‘We the People NEED to READ AND LEARN WHAT OUR RIGHTS
  
  REALLY ARE AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT ALL THIS ABUSE!
  
  EVERYTHING THAT IS BELONGS to JEHOVAH-TSIDKENU
  
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revelation2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:34pm
EVERY GOVERNOR AND STATE REPS

SECRETARIES OF STATES

GET UP OFF ‘it’ and SHOW “We the People”

THAT THEY ARE WORTH THEIR “SALT”

Republicans can do NOTHING till after 2017

about VOTER FRAUD sooooooooooooooooo

THE WAY THAT EACH STATE VOTES HAS

TO BE CHANGED – SOROS HAD MONEY IN MACHINES

THIS PAST ELECTION – ON GUARD!!!!!!!!!! AMERICANS!

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- Joel Knows
  Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:42pm
  Hmmmm, Soros is a lot less than the Chicoms who don’t have gold to back our paper, must something else of value like labor, minerals, and land. Oh, yeah the do have a lot more guns than Soros could ever think of firing…so could they be a strong influence on our elected officials?
  
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sizzler2220
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:34pm
RHINOS had a choice and they did what Obama wanted. Worthless, spineless, POS.

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sizzler2220
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:33pm
Outrageous! The Repbs need to be taken out as soon as possible. Make a note of all who voted yea!

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revelation2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:30pm
It’s TIME for all those Constitutional Scholars and Attorneys

that GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THIS COUNTRY ,,,,,,,,,,

NOW IS THE TIME FOR ALL GOOD MEN TO COME TO THE AID OF THEIR COUNTRY,,,,,,,,,,

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concealled9mms
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:29pm
so glad to see the demoncraps vote to keep the bush tax cuts in place for 98 percent of the people , just proves bush was right all along demos caved

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Delores at CH WV
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:27pm
We the People have 2 years to make sure that not one of these traitors is elected in the House. It is also time to find the new party players.

When the middle class and below finds out that they are going to get taxes too, they are going to see that their lives will change forever.

Jobs (money) are going to leave the country; business are going under; and the elite are going to take over all of the personal property, money, retirement, and laugh all the way to their private, elitist bank. The 2 million federal worker are going to lose their jobs because the Treasury will have no money to pay for their wages and other compensation. Good Luck folks . . . especially Congress; You will be the Leaders of the trash heap of the world. Good Luck for all the food stamp folks, sorry, no more food, the famers have left the country for the South.

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BigMuddy
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:24pm
Worthless bill, pased by worthless legislators. Dumba$$ futures markets thinks this is a good thing. More taxes, mores spending, wider deficit and growing overall debt. What is the point?

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- revelation2012
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:04am
  yes DEBT – that is their MO – to ENSLAVE OUR CHILDREN
  
  THEY PLAN ON KILLING ANYONE THAT IS OF ANY AGE
  
  THAT CAN’T COMPLY TO THEIR DEMANDS,,, sad so sad
  
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TJexcite
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:16pm
There was no bill and vote that would have passed both cambers and the WH and not do what the WH and one chamber wanted. Nothing but a trap. There is no nice path to take in the fork. All paths are filled with death and despair. That off ramp was on November 6th and and was drove past still looking for a better candidate than the one that was on the ticket.

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Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:15pm
Why do I get the feeling you could walk in undetected, steal the U.S. Constitution and nobody would notice?

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- Chet Hempstead
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 2:07am
  That’s not how you spell Gandhi.
  
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MCGIRV
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:14pm
Damn these useless spineless RINO’s!

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- Ghandi was a Republican
  Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:21pm
  Didn’t have a whole lot of choice. Voter fraud has weakened representation as well as create an illusion that obama actually won. Obama didn’t win anymore than Franken won. Yet, Here we are playing as if they did. And everybody knows the elections cannot be trusted anymore. Obama lost 15% of hes 2008 vote. No way did he win without machines flipping votes too a default obama count.
  That 15% is more than enough to have flipped 3 States or more. NOPE- Fraud. How does obama win, when States are flipping Republican?
  
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dadsrootbeer
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:11pm
Washington has a spending not a taxation problem and the GOP caves again. They own this bill now and the socialist is allowed to ramp up more spending and deficit while growing his plantation. One more step toward Greece tonight.

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never_slow_down
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:02pm
Increasing taxes to bring in 620 billion additional dollars for these boobs to squander and cutting a whopping 15 billion in spending? What a joke!
We have only one party. It’s called the Progressives!

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Canada_Goose
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:02pm
Senate bill just passed – 243 votes yea incl 82 Republicans (Mr. Boehner voted yea).
Looking forward to a great day on the markets.
Happy New Year and Happy Capitalism b****hes!

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- Canada_Goose
  Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:07pm
  Final count 257 to 167 (Mr. Cantor voted No, Mr. Ryan voted Yea).
  
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- civilwarcometh
  Posted on January 1, 2013 at 11:19pm
  Screw you!
  
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johnsell
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:53pm
YAHSHUARULES – Excellent link to : “AGENDA: Grinding America Down (Full Movie) ” https://vimeo.com/52009124 It is so insidious that many just aren’t aware or know what they can do about the bigger picture they don’t or are unable to see.

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ndmOB
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:46pm
Time to stop paying taxes to feed this insanity. Defund the government! They can’t jail us all

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revelation2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:41pm
LOVE of GOD ,,,, here we go

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marmond
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:40pm
I wonder how our elected officials face themselves in the mirror in the morning. It is too bad there isn’t a way to test a person for a conscience before they run for public office. This is the worst bunch of liars I have ever witnessed assembled in one place. Washington is broken because it is filled with politicians who do not know the meaning of honesty and integrity. It is time to vote all these people out and get entirely new faces in Washington; until we do this nothing will change.

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MisterSarcastic
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:31pm
I wasn’t aware that passing a bill which increases taxes and spending would prevent us going over a cliff. Thank God we have all of these smart politicians making decisions for us, huh?

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Glennda
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:20pm
Now you know how we liberals felt when Bush and you bozos were racing into Iraq . . . “Wow, this is really dumb. There’s no reason for it. They’re making up excuses to cover their own selfish agenda. Why should I have to pay for this madness? Can’t they see it’s ruining America?”

Yeah, sucks, eh? Well, instant karma is slapping you right in the face. (Just like it did Dick Cheney’s hunting buddy.)

Honestly, it’s a pleasure to watch you squirm.

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revelation2012
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:14pm
Let me be CLEAR,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, !

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Glennda
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:13pm
Wow, you conservatives . . . or Republicans . . . or tea buggerers . . . or liberty tree waterers . . . or freedom fighters . . . or Rush Babes . . . or neo rebs . . . or the moral majority . . . whatever you’re calling yourselves today, this is quite a winning streak you’re on. heh heh heh

Maybe it’s time for the giant to go back to sleep (since he clearly never had the energy to get all the way out of bed to begin with).

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jasonsmommy
Posted on January 1, 2013 at 10:03pm
We are all screwed. I just finished writing my congressman letting him know it was time for a new job. Time for us to stand up and let them know we are not going to take it anymore. Heck this is our country too. Having these stupid meetings in private with two men deciding what is best for the rest of us just sucks. This is the first time in my adult life that I have been so involved in politics. I have kids and I want them to have a better life then I did.

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- neverending
  Posted on January 2, 2013 at 12:26am
  I hope everyone will take the time to email your congressman and especially BOEHNER and McCONNELL – they both need to be bombarded with emails. The others just load their phone with call after call – may not do any good but we must start somewhere.
  
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