Conservatives whipping furiously to block McConnell proposal in House

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Conservatives whipping furiously to block McConnell proposal in House

By Greg Sargent

It’s worth taking a moment to appreciate how deadly serious conservatives are about ensuring that the McConnell escape-hatch proposal, should it come to that, does not pass the House — perhaps leading to default with untold consequences to follow.

The latest: Some eighty House Republicans have now signed a letter calling on GOP leaders not to even let the McConnell plan get to the floor for a vote, a GOP aide tells me.

As I noted here yesterday, one key metric for judging whether the McConnell plan can get through the House is a letter that Tea Party-backed Rep. Joe Walsh is distributing among colleagues. He’s hoping to amass 100 members on the letter, which would be a strong statement of opposition that would call into question whether the McConnell plan has any chance of passing.

The GOP aide tells me he’s roughly 20 signatures away from that goal. The letter with final signatories wil be released tonight.

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1. His proposal sucks

Though I hate having to agree with a teabagger like Walsh. On the bright side, I agree for completely different reasons.

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2. Keep it up, GOP. Keep handing the President more ammo. -nt