With opposition growing in the GOP, Republicans in the House were forced to re-write Speaker John Boehner's debt limit plan as Congressional number crunchers found it would save less money than promised.

"We promised that we will cut spending more than we increase the debt limit – with no tax hikes – and we will keep that promise," Boehner said Tuesday night in a statement.

The move forced a delay in a vote scheduled for Wednesday in the House on Boehner's budget and debt limit plans, and raised new questions on whether either party can forge something which can make it through the House and Senate.

The detour came after a review by the Congressional Budget Office, which found that the Republican plan did not deliver on the over $1 trillion in savings advertised by the Speaker.

The CBO found the plan would save $851 billion over ten years, not more than an increase the GOP would allow in the debt ceiling as promised by Republican leaders.

Here's the final table in the CBO report - the bottom line shows the savings, featuring just $1 billion in savings next year.

Before the CBO score arrived, there were already widespread warning signs about the Boehner bill, as a number of GOP lawmakers were ready to declare they would vote against the plan.

"It actually increases spending in the current year by $24 billion," said Rep. Jeff Flake (R-AZ), who said there was no way he would be on board.

The most frequent question to Republican lawmakers as they walked off the House floor was a simple one, "Are you voting for the Boehner bill?"

Loads of Republicans said they were on the fence. I saw one lawmaker keep a cell phone to her ear, which sort of looked like a way to avoid the journalist gauntlet.

"Look, we appreciate the Speaker's hard work in keeping tax increases out of the plan," said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), but Jordan made clear he wanted much deeper cuts.

"I would like to see us do a much deeper cut," said Rep. John Sullivan (R-OK), who called himself 'undecided' but seemed much more likely to end up in the 'No' category if a vote happened immediately.

Republicans were scrambling to twist as many arms as possible, but even those who were involved in the Whip operation weren't sure they would be on board.

"I don't think the cuts are enough," said Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA), who told me as we walked through the Old House Chamber that he fully expected to hear from the bigwigs in his own party.

"I've been leaned on before," Westmoreland said with a smile as he walked under the marble sculpture of Clio, the Muse of History, which sits above the old chamber, keeping track of the actions of the Congress.

Instead of a showdown today, the re-write of the Boehner bill now moves at least until Thursday; whether that will change the outcome likely depends on what changes Republicans make to their bill.

But that delay also reminded everyone of the fact that time is running out, with the deadline for action now less than a week away.

Even if Boehner can salvage his bill, Democrats and the White House declared it dead on arrival in the Senate, as the Obama Administration officially threatened a veto.

The back and forth also raised questions as to whether any bill can get through the House and Senate and on to the President's desk before next Tuesday.

We'll see where things go today.