Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), the chairman of the Republican Study Committee, remains opposed to the Boehner plan, but he tells National Review Online that he is not going to knock it, in all respects, as it nears the floor. “The fact that this is the first debt-ceiling increase where we have gotten reductions in spending? That is all good stuff,” he says. “I appreciate all of that.” Jordan applauds Speaker John Boehner for “trying,” even though they disagree about the details of the proposal. “I appreciate the fact that he is trying to keep elements of [Cut, Cap, and Balance] in it,” he says. “I appreciate the fact that we are going to have a balanced-budget amendment.”

Still, Jordan says, “I feel like we have to get tougher; we have to move farther down the field in terms of fixing the country’s fiscal situation. We are running out of time.” With regard to today’s vote, he will not make a prediction about how many RSC members will vote against the speaker. “I don’t know,” he says. “We’ll just have to see.”