Cantor says GOP will allow unlimited amendments to 2011 funding resolution

House Republican Leader Eric Cantor (Va.) says that lawmakers have until the end of Tuesday to file amendments to the funding measure set for floor action this week.

He told reporters on Monday “there will be no limit to the number of amendments that members on either side of the aisle can offer” to the underlying funding bill.

GOP leaders submitted a continuing resolution on Friday to fund the government through 2011. Republicans implemented $100 billion in cuts after demands were made by freshman Republicans, many of them Tea Party members who won election after campaigning on cutting spending.

The current resolution is set to expire March 4.

It was unclear how many amendments would be offered to the measure, which attempts to make good on the promise, made in the “Pledge to America,” to cut $100 billion from discretionary spending this year.

“Every member will have an opportunity to submit his or her vision of how we can reduce the deficit, and we will see that process take place throughout the entire week,” Cantor said at a briefing with reporters in his Capitol office on Monday afternoon.

“This is an open process. I think I’m correct in stating that never has there been a continuing resolution that anyone can find that was brought up to the floor under a process such as this,” Cantor explained.

The Rules Committee is set to meet at 5 p.m. on Monday to consider a "modified open rule" that will provide for an "orderly" process to govern the floor debate for the remainder of the week.

House GOP leaders would like to have a vote on the entire bill on Thursday. The House is scheduled to be recessed next week.