House Republican leaders abruptly delayed a vote on a bill to extend the government’s debt limit, cut federal spending and avoid a potential U.S. default on its obligations at home and abroad. One House aide said the vote that was delayed Thursday would occur later in the evening evening.t was initially unclear why the vote, which had appeared imminent, was postponed. House Speaker John Boehner and other Republican leaders had labored furiously to line up the 216 votes the debt bill would need to pass the House. Enough conservative Republicans, initially opposed to the Boehner bill, had been thought to have agreed to back the measure earlier Thursday. There are 240 Republicans in the House….
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