KING ON "PLAN B" FAILURE

HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE REFUSED TO SUPPORT SPEAKER JOHN BOEHNER'S "PLAN B" TO KEEP TAX CUTS IN PLACE FROM THE BUSH ERA. BOEHNER WAS FORCED TO PULL HIS BILL TO RAISE TAXES ON MILLIONAIRES BECAUSE OF A LACK OF VOTES FOR PASSAGE THURSDAY NIGHT.

IOWA 4TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN STEVE KING SAYS HE DOESN'T THINK FELLOW REPUBLICANS ARE REBELLING AGAINST BOEHNER, BUT INSTEAD ARE NOT HAPPY WITH THE PROPOSED POLICY:



KING SAYS THE LACK OF SPENDING CUTS LED MANY REPUBLICANS TO PULL THEIR SUPPORT OF "PLAN B":



KING SAYS WHILE THERE'S NO OBVIOUS CHALLENGER TO BOEHNER FOR HOUSE SPEAKER, THERE IS PRESSURE ON HIM FROM THE DISAGREEMENT AMONG G-O-P HOUSE MEMBERS:



BOEHNER HAS NOT EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT HIS STANDING AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE. THE TAX CUTS WILL EXPIRE IN JANUARY WITHOUT CONGRESSIONAL ACTION.

CONGRESSMAN KING MADE HIS COMMENTS ON KSCJ'S "OPEN LINE".