House to vote down Reid’s deficit plan

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The House will reconvene Saturday to vote on Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) budget plan, and will vote on Reid’s proposal under a suspension of House rules.

That vote will take place despite a request from a House Democrat that the House not set up the bill as a suspension vote, which will require a two-thirds majority to pass and thus all but assures defeat in the House.

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