REPUBLICAN HOUSE LEADERSHIP MEMBERS SPLIT EVENLY IN THEIR VOTES ON FISCAL CLIFF BILL.............

The House of Representatives vote late last night on the Senate passed Fiscal Cliff compromise bill the outcome being its passage by 257-167; included an even split in the votes cast by the key Republican Leadership in the House, Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.  Speaker Boehner and Chairman Ryan voted in favor of the Fiscal Cliff compromise bill, while Majority Leader Cantor and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy voted against the bill.  The split decision by these four GOP Congressmen has MSNBC's 'Morning Joe' host Joe Scarborough criticizing John Boehner and Paul Ryan for voting to expand the federal debt by $4 trillion by voting yes, and particularly zeroing in on Paul Ryan as not being a fiscal hawk, but what he is the $11 trillion man for having voted for both the Fiscal Cliff compromise bill and the President George W. Bush's $7 trillion Prescription Drugs Plan for Seniors.  Explaining his viewpoint, Scarborough is saying the House Republicans had more leverage with the Obama Administration to shape and tailor the bill that was passed last night with the support of 85 Republican House members joining with 172 Democratic members of the House.............Fr.  Troy