To Appease Tea Party, Boehner Adds Balanced-Budget Amendment To
Bill  House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to a caucus
meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington.  Susan Walsh/AP   Susan
Walsh/AP  As we reported earlier, President Obama dismissed
House Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) plan to raise the debt
ceiling. In a news conference, he said the bill "has no chance
of becoming law."  Now, multiple news outlets are reporting that
Boehner, in an attempt to woo Tea Party Republican votes in the
House, added a balanced-budget amendment provision to his budget
plan.  That means two things: First, it gives Democrats more
reason to dismiss the bill, as they overwhelmingly disapproved a
similar measure that was included in the doomed "Cut, Cap and
Balance" bill that was passed by the House, last week. However,
it seems like the change could get Boehner enough votes to pass
the bill through the chamber. Remember, Boehner could not gather
enough Republican votes yesterday and had to yank the bill off
the floor.  Here's