The House will vote later today on Speaker John Boehner’s so-called Plan B for tax reform and spending cuts, but the speaker is struggling to muster enough Republican votes to pass his plan. Assuming Democrats all vote against the bill, a mere 24 Republican defections would be enough to scuttle it. The Hill newspaper’s own whip count already shows 23 Republican defections.
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