Posted on 04/14/2015 10:07:06 AM PDT by cotton1706
Two Republicans who were booted from the House Rules Committee after opposing John Boehner's (R-Ohio) reelection as Speaker have been officially replaced.
The Speaker is filling two empty seats on the panel with Reps. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.) and Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), the committee announced Tuesday.
The slots had been vacant since January, when Florida Republican Reps. Dan Webster and Rich Nugent received notification that they had been kicked off the committee, apparently in retribution for voting against Boehner for Speaker. Webster ran as a long-shot candidate for Speaker and won votes from 12 fellow Republicans, including from Nugent.
Their seats had remained empty for the last three months of Rules Committee hearings. With the appointments of Byrne and Newhouse, Republicans now hold nine seats on the panel, compared with the Democrats' four.
Byrne has served in the House since winning a 2013 special election, while Newhouse is a freshman elected in 2014.
Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas), the chairman of the committee, called Byrne a "friend" who is "is deeply devoted to causes he believes in," and praised Newhouse as having "extensive knowledge of agricultural issues that affect farmers and growers all over America."
The Rules Committee controls how bills are considered on the House floor, including the amount of debate time and what amendments will receive votes.
The Speaker directly appoints majority-party members of the committee, and the lawmakers selected are expected to be loyal to leadership. Votes on the panel almost always fall along party lines.
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We’ve got to make supporting Boehner a primarying offense.
Way back in the ‘90s California Congressman “B-1” Bob Dornan observed: “America is a democracy, Congress is NOT!”
Daniel Webster- former FL Senate majority leader. A principled Conservative from Central Florida. Central Florida a battleground of the first order vs. RINO lies and amnesty and homosexual agenda.
HE gets kicked off? Nice going drunk golf ball boy boehner.
What an f’n moron with constantly sloshed, slurred speech. But.... he’s a real patriot... NOT!
Nothing left to lose by raising a ruckus now perhaps.
Just like 0bama ... harms allies and gives aid to enemies.
Must mean actual conservative no invited.
Maybe the same exercise equipment reps Reid had should visit Boner..... just sayin’
Interesting that Boehner does seem to know how to play hardball... But even MORE interesting is under what circumstances he chooses to play it.
Dam spellchucker !
“We’ve got to make supporting Boehner a primarying offense.”
And oppose the Orange One himself:
Too bad Bohner isn’t as tough on Democrats
Those two Congressman should call a press conference and tell Boehner to go to hell. His opposition should garner them more votes in their districts.
We’ve got to make supporting Boehner a primarying offense.
Right.. he is WORSE than Obama he financed him.. ON PURPOSE..
Boehner is a TRAITOR... and Obama’s “bitch”..
Didn’t the Republican dissidents start a caucus? We haven’t heard much about it for awhile.
It’s amazing to watch this all unfold. Obama constantly gets his ass handed to him on the world stage either willingly or unwillingly, he is an awful negotiator. Yet he runs rings around the cowardly Republicans in Washington who are afraid of him playing the race card which he is going to do anyway. Just amazing...
“Right.. he is WORSE than Obama he financed him.. ON PURPOSE..
Boehner is a TRAITOR... and Obama’s “bitch”..”
” Two Republicans who were booted from the House Rules Committee after opposing John Boehner’s (R-Ohio) reelection as Speaker have been officially replaced. “
The two should hold a press conference, and bring a breathylizer. Boehner must blow into it every morning in order to be seated.
A king is a king no matter how small or large the kingdom.
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