Minority Leader Pelosi gave a Press Conference a couple hours ago on how the House Republicans where hiding behind closed doors trying to "Doll-Up" this Bill. Must have done some good they pulled it.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- House Republican leaders scuttled a vote Thursday on a $51 billion budget-cut package in the face of a revolt by lawmakers over scaling back Medicaid, food stamp and student loan programs.
The development was a major setback for the GOP on Capitol Hill and for President Bush, who has made cuts to benefit programs a central pillar in his budget plan.
The decision by GOP leaders came despite a big concession to moderates Wednesday, when the leaders dropped provisions to open the Arctic National Refuge to oil and gas exploration, as well as a plan allowing states to lift a moratorium on oil drilling off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
"We weren't quite ready to go to the floor," Majority Leader Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, said five hours after recessing the House for closed-door meetings aimed a picking up votes from wavering Republicans
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