House 2012ers unite on latest CR

Published April 8, 2011 4:00am ET



There are 242 members of the House Republican Caucus. Only 6 of them (2.4%) voted against yesterday’s bill that cut another $12 billion from non-defense discretionary spending, fund U.S. troops through the end of fiscal year 2011, and fund the rest of government through April 15.

There are also just GOP House members who are leaning toward running for president in 2012: Reps. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) and Ron Paul (R-TX). And both of them were among the six who voted no. Paul’s office issued statement explaining his votes, but Bachmann did:

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