The House will be voting this week on the budget deal. Sounds like John Boehner doesn't have the support of his entire caucus:
The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to avert a government shutdown.This could all be theater. Boehner knows how many votes he needs. He's going to let some of his caucus continue to complain.
Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio said in a statement Tuesday that while some of his GOP colleagues will support the compromise announced late Friday night, he believes "voters are asking us to set our sights higher."
Jordan is "influential" because he chairs the Republican Study Committee. That's the group of uber-conservatives in the House. There are 175 GOPers in the Republican Study Committee. There are 241 GOPers in the House. Yesterday, the one true leader of the GOP, Rush Limbaugh, said Republicans "caved" on the budget.
Be interesting to see how many more House Republicans jump ship publicly. Is Jordan just trying to maintain his teabagging cred or the start of a trend?
