Yesterday, the House voted on several budgets, including the Cooper-LaTourette Substitute Amendment to H.Con.Res.112, which was based off of President Obama’s fiscal debt commission in 2010. Commonly known as Simpson-Bowles, the budget would have raised taxes by $1.2 trillion over the next decade and reduced future spending increases by about $2 trillion – mostly through cuts to the defense budget. It would have continued the Washington status quo of continuous spending and tax increases to pay for it. The Hill reports:

Rep. Mike Simpson (R-Idaho), who is also involved in the deficit-reduction talks, said Norquist and Heritage Action spooked many GOP members who had been prepared to vote “yes.”