The officials required anonymity because they were not authorized to speak about the meeting. Republicans have told senior administration officials that the Boehner decided to put forward his Plan B after he concluded he could not get enough GOP support for the proposal he made to Obama over the weekend, according to a senior administration official.Īnd GOP officials said that while Cantor supports Boehner’s efforts to reach a sweeping deal with Obama, other members of the leadership team recoiled at details of Boehner’s latest plan - including $1-trillion in higher taxes and a breakthrough concession on higher tax rates for those earning more than $1-million - at a meeting Monday evening. The White House has vowed Obama would veto the measure. He expressed confidence the GOP leadership will have enough votes to pass the bill.
“We, as Republicans, have taken concrete actions to avoid the fiscal cliff,” Cantor insisted at a news conference.
