By JAKE SHERMAN | 11/14/11 2:15 PM EST
Speaking to reporters in the Capitol Monday, the Virginia Republican said if he had his “druthers, I would like to see us vote on the stronger BBA.” House leadership canvassed its membership roughly two weeks ago, aides said, and they decided to move forward with a balanced budget agreement that doesn’t include a spending cap and supermajority threshold for tax increases. So they’ll vote on a more straight forward balanced budget amendment — one that would still allow taxes to be raised by a simple majority.
“[I] hope that this passes, and I will be voting for it because I do think ultimately that the biggest check we can pout on the government’s unbridled spending is a forced balanced budget amendment like most states have,” Cantor said.
GOP leadership plans to schedule a vote on the measure this week.

