The House of Representatives could vote on final passage of Speaker John Boehner's debt plan between 7 and 8 p.m. ET today, according to a House Republican source. But the source cautions that time could be moved to later.
Republican leadership in the House had scheduled a vote Thursday night but canceled it after it became clear there weren't enough votes to pass the measure. Conservative House Republicans, many elected with tea party support, had opposed the plan because they said it didn't cut enough federal spending or contain a requirement to balance the federal budget.
The speaker is trying to make the plan more appealing to conservatives by including a provision requiring congressional passage of a balanced-budget amendment before the debt ceiling is extended through the end of 2012, according two GOP House members. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid had said he had enough votes to table the measure in the Senate, effectively killing it.
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