House GOP kills vote on Libya

Published June 1, 2011 4:00am ET



House Republicans yanked a resolution from the floor that called for an end to U.S. participation in a NATO military action in Libya after it appeared the measure may have had enough support to pass.

A House Republican leadership aide acknowledged to The Washington Examiner that U.S. action in Libya has brought “significant bipartisan concern,” which for the most part is made up of a coalition of liberal anti-war Democrats and conservative freshmen Republicans.

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