For some Republicans, there just aren't enough tax cuts included in the catfood commission's recommendations to be able to support it. Yes, ostensibly this commission was intended to actually reduce the deficit, and yes, to do so the country will need to increase revenue. Math that is just lost on members like Rep. David Camp (top Republican on Ways and Means, gawd help us) who just can't stomach the revenue raisers that did manage to make it into the plan.
The other Republicans voting no, so far, are Rep. Paul Ryan, the incoming chairman of the Budget Committee, and probably Rep. Jeb Hensarling. Republican Senators Judd Gregg, Tom Coburn, and Mike Crapo are yes votes.
Among Dems, Kent Conrad is thus far the only guaranteed yes. Baucus is a no, saying "The Deficit Commission recommendations paint a big red target on rural America, and I won’t support anything that puts the debt burden on the backs of Montanans and other rural states, while others get a free pass." Joining him are Rep. Jan Schakowsky, who released her own, much better, plan and Andy Stern. Stern's reasons are good ones: "In the end, there is not enough investment to create jobs, economic growth, and increase America's competitiveness."
Officially, there will not be 14 votes, which would have been the required majority to take these recommendations to Congress. But since the commission missed its deadline, anyway, (the vote was supposed to have been held on December 1 to have been binding) even getting to 14 wouldn't do the trick.
So that was a productive use of time and energy. That's what you get when you let Judd Gregg and Kent Conrad call the shots.