House Republicans moved toward a potentially climactic final vote on "fiscal cliff" legislation Tuesday night, as party leaders determined they did not have the support to amend legislation passed overwhelmingly by the Senate earlier in the day.
The House Rules Committee scheduled an emergency meeting for shortly after 8:10 p.m. to set floor procedures for a vote. The move came after a pair of long closed-door Republican conference meetings, and is a signal that Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) believes there are enough votes to pass the Senate measure without changes.
Earlier in the day, Republicans said they were considering an attempt to amend the Senate measure, but lawmakers said there was no consensus on what to attach to the bill to garner enough GOP support.
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