On this vote, Republicans sought passage of a rule governing debate on a bill which would allow low-income parents to deduct their child's private school education expenses (prior to House floor consideration of legislation, a rule drafted by the House Rules Committee must be adopted). Progressives opposed the rule based on their objections to the underlying legislation. Tax-exemptions for private school expenses, they argued, would essentially transfer taxpayer money to private schools much like a private-school voucher system. In the view of Progressives, taxpayer money should be spent on public schools and not private schools because low-income families rarely can afford a private school education for their children. The rule governing debate was narrowly adopted on a 208-201 vote. Subsequently, GOP leaders pulled the legislation from floor debate because they feared that moderate Republicans would support a Democratic motion to recommit the bill to committee. A motion to recommit, if successful, is usually a deathblow to a piece of legislation.