LAST UPDATED ON AUG. 1 at 3:41 p.m.
HOUSE LAWMAKERS WHO SUPPORT DEAL OR WHO WILL LIKELY SUPPORT IT (45)
Robert Andrews (D-N.J.)
Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) – Issued statement on Sunday suggesting she will back it.
Brian Bilbray (R-Calif.)
John Boehner (R-Ohio) – Speaker working to minimize defections, but there will be plenty.
Kevin Brady (R-Texas)
Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
Dave Camp (R-Mich.)
Eric Cantor (R-Va.) – House majority leader expressed support in Sunday GOP conference call.
Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) — Put out supportive statement Sunday night.
Lois Capps (D-Calif.) — Leaning yes.
Tom Cole (R-Okla.) – A team player for the House GOP conference.
Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) – Leaning yes.
Charlie Dent (R-Pa.) – Tells The Wall Street Journal new deal sounds similar to “what I voted for the other day.”
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.)
Bob Dold (R-Ill.) — Spoke out in favor of it on the floor.
David Dreier (R-Calif.)
Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.)
Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.)
Chaka Fattah (D-Pa.) – Says he will support the deal.
Jeff Fortenberry (R-Neb.)
Barney Frank (D-Mass.) – During appearance on “Morning Joe,” Frank said he believes deal could have been worse, though he favors the military cut provisions. Asked for comment, Frank’s office said he is withholding comment at this time.
Sam Graves (R-Mo.) – Has told local media he will vote yes.
Tim Griffin (R-Ark.)
Michael Grimm (R-N.Y.) — A yes vote.
Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) — A yes vote.
Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) – Member of GOP leadership team.
Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) – House minority whip did not rave about bill, but sounded supportive on Monday in TV interviews.
Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)
Pete King (R-N.Y.)
Jack Kingston (R-Ga.) – Gave deal positive reviews in interview with Politico.
James Lankford (R-Okla.) — Says he will vote yes
Donald Manzullo (R-Ill.)
Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) – Expressed support during GOP conference call on Sunday night.
Gary Miller (R-Calif.) — A yes vote.
Bill Owens (D-N.Y.) – Tells Watertown (N.Y.) Daily Press he’s likely to vote yes.
Scott Rigell (R-Va.) — Inclined to support deal, according to Virginia-Pilot.
Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.)
Paul Ryan (R-Wis.)
Heath Shuler (D-N.C.) – Voted in favor of “cut, ap and balance” and says he will vote yes.
Mike Simpson (R-Idaho)
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) – Head of the Democratic National Committee; she could play key role in whipping effort.
Allen West (R-Fla.) – Leaning yes.
Steve Womack (R-Ark.)
Bill Young (R-Fla.)
HOUSE LAWMAKERS WHO WILL VOTE NO OR ARE LEANING NO (25)
Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.) – White House hopeful announced Sunday she is a no. She voted no on Boehner bill.
Mo Brooks (R-Ala.) — A no.
Paul Broun (R-Ga.) – Voted no on Boehner bill.
G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) — Leaning no.
Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) – Possible Senate hopeful said he is a probable “no” vote. He voted no on Boehner bill.
Emanuel Cleaver (D-Mo.) – Head of the Congressional Black Caucus called it a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich.”
Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) – Said on the House floor there are “no jobs” in the package. Voted against stimulus and has not been shy in criticizing President Obama. Said Monday he would vote no.
Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.) – Told ABC he is a no. Voted no on Boehner bill.
Donna Edwards (D-Md.) – On Sunday, she tweeted, “Nada from million/billionaires; corp tax loopholes aplenty; only sacrifice from the poor/middle class? Shared sacrifice, balance? Really?”
Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) — A strong no.
Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) – Says he is leaning against and would like more time to consider bill.
Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.) – Co-chairman of the Congressional Progressive Caucus has ripped deal, saying on July 31 that it was crafted for “right-wing radicals.”
Tom Graves (R-Ga.) – Voted no on Boehner bill. Will vote no again.
Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) – Has told his party he’ll oppose the deal.
Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) – Firm no. Voted no on Boehner bill. But aide says conservative won’t whip against measure.
Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) — Will vote no, according to WUPW TV in Toledo, Ohio.
Jeff Landry (R-La.) — A no vote.
Connie Mack (R-Fla.) – Voted no on Boehner bill.
Jim McDermott (D-Wash.)
Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) – On MSNBC, Nadler said 80 percent of House Democratic Caucus would reject any bill to the right of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) debt measure. Tells gaggle of reporters on Monday that he’ll vote no.
Ron Paul (R-Texas) – White House hopeful expected to reject bill. He voted no on Boehner bill.
Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) – Tells reporters he is “disappointed” in the deal.
David Schweikert (R-Ariz.) – Leaning no.
Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) – “We can do better, and we have to do better,” he told CBS News. Voted no on Boehner bill.
Maxine Waters (D-Calif.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/174649-whip-count-house-leaders-seek-votes-to-pass-debt-limit-deal
For Obama, Bush tax cuts shadow further debt talks
Excerpt:
That threat, which Obama has issued repeatedly since reluctantly agreeing to extend the cuts last year, is meant to mollify critics within his own Democratic party who are disappointed that measures to increase government revenues were not part of the deal reached on Sunday.
The agreement, which must still be approved by lawmakers, would cut about $2.4 trillion from the U.S. deficit over 10 years, with a congressional committee set up to find $1.5 trillion in cuts through tax reform and other deficit-reduction measures.
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Small spending cuts to have little economic impact
Excerpt:
The first phase of a deal to raise the government’s borrowing limit would pose little threat to the economy in the short term because almost none of the spending cuts would occur before 2014.
http://news.yahoo.com/small-spending-cuts-little-economic-impact-144415767.html
This is my note to my Rep. Kevin McCarthy -
Any agreement with the democrats is not in the best interests of this country. Stop this foolishness and start actually CUTTING spending. Reducing “projected” increases in spending and calling them “cuts” are the childish games democrats play.
It’s time that the USA take its medicine and start down this long, hard road to actual fiscal solvency. CUT everything, every program, every department, everything by at least 1% to get started.
The democrats have been making the rules for too long. It’s time for them to be shown the door and to be exposed as the enemies of the USA that they are.
Do not endorse, support or otherwise vote Aye in support of these continued shenanigans. You’re setting the stage for the democrats to screw us again.
I cannot endorse or support a candidate who will not actually insist on fiscal responsibility.