WASHINGTON (AP) — The No. 2 Republican in the House leadership says he opposes a Senate-passed measure to avert the so-called fiscal cliff.
Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor told reporters after a two-hour closed-door meeting Tuesday with his GOP lawmakers that he did not support the bill.
He said House leaders were looking for "the best path forward" and that no decisions had been made.
The Senate passed the measure early Tuesday by a sweeping 89-8 vote. House passage of the measure would send it to President Barack Obama
for his signature. The bill would increase taxes on family income
exceeding $450,000 and delay across-the-board spending cuts for two
months.
House GOP leaders were
considering amending the measure and sending it back to the Senate, but
that step could produce a deadlock.
