Posted on 01/06/2015 8:10:29 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Yoho just declared there WILL be a second conference on FNC.
On the Election of the House Speaker January 6, 2014
I am disappointed in Mr. Boehner’s leadership of the House and have expressed my concerns on many occasions. But shifting this decision from the House Republican Conference to the House Floor opens a Pandora’s Box.
The election of the House Speaker is a decision that is made by the House majority caucus. That decision is then enacted through a formal vote on the House floor by the unanimous action of that majority.
The Republican majority voted at its November meeting to re-elect John Boehner as Speaker after no member stepped forward to challenge him. Some have suggested now shifting that decision from the House Republican Conference to the House floor, where 29 Republicans can combine with Democrats to thwart it.
Conservatives should beware. On its worst day, the collective judgment of the Republican majority is much more conservative than that of the overall House membership. Shattering Republican unity in the election of Speaker is not likely to end with a more conservative alternative, but rather with a coalition of the most liberal House Republicans and House Democrats.
This happened in the California Assembly in 1994. Dissident Republicans broke with the Republican majority on the vote for Speaker, enlisting the votes of minority Democrats in exchange for a wholesale transfer of power. Though voters had elected a Republican majority, this coalition effectively gave Democrats control of the Assembly.
The proper place to contest a Republican speaker is in the House Republican Conference. At any meeting, a member may put a no-confidence motion to the conference and, if adopted, set the stage for a House vote to vacate the office and elect a successor. However, this requires every member of the Conference to respect the collective decision – a long-enduring precedent that would be destroyed by the proposed strategy. I cannot support it.
That line of analysis is really inapplicable here for the reason that the Republican's control the Senate--the dems don't get anywhere by throwing in with the Liberals in the House. That would create an unsustainable condition but at that point, the Dems would get the negative political reaction.
Without getting into the merits of either Newt or his successor, the threat of a floor election contest is how they were ejected.
The rest of the House Leadership group has to be as concerned as Boehner about the consequences of an election. Once you get over the magic 29, the election doesn't get to the floor. You might even get to a situation where the vote starts and by mid alphabet, they can count another five or ten against that would tip the contest.
Why do I still feel like Charlie Brown about to kick the football?
Rush started off with the story just now! He’s a lot more enthused today.
I wouldn’t expect he could be bought. He was as steadfast as anyone in Congress, at least until we got Cruz and Lee in there. Sorry to see he can be turned.
Clearly, most of our history has had Government being self serving thugs. A ruling majority of honorable patriots are an occasional exception.
Most Pols practice “go along, to get along” to one degree or another.
Even more disappointing is Mia Love, voting YES for Boehner!
Thanks watching now...
Thanks- I’ll dial it up.
Butler County Ohio is Rino territory. No Demorat has a chance there. Boehner is a hometown hero despite his incompetence and crybaby persona.
The new reps should be the ones who vote against Boehner. They have no positions to lose.
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