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The dozen rebels targeted by GOP leaders
The Hill ^ | June 27th, 2015 | Scott Wong and Cristina Marcos

Posted on 06/28/2015 1:28:54 PM PDT by stevie_d_64

To keep conservative rebels in check, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and his allies have been doling out punishments at an aggressive clip in the 114th Congress.

From kicking unruly members off the Rules Committee and GOP whip team to stripping a lawmaker of his subcommittee gavel, leadership has been growing more comfortable with taking retaliatory measures to try to enforce party discipline.

But several Tea Party targets haven’t gone quietly. They’ve been fighting back with help from Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan’s conservative House Freedom Caucus, which successfully pressured leaders this week to return a subcommittee gavel to one of their members.

GOP leaders are now in a holding pattern as they figure out whether any other rebels should be punished. Here’s a short history of the dozen defectors who’ve experienced Boehner’s wrath — so far — this Congress:

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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1 posted on 06/28/2015 1:28:54 PM PDT by stevie_d_64
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you people in his district should absolutely be ashamed of this guy...

But something tells me you are not, you probably think he is the greatest thing since the invention of the wheel...


2 posted on 06/28/2015 1:30:08 PM PDT by stevie_d_64 (I will settle for a "perfectly good, gently used" kidney...Apply within...)
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To: stevie_d_64

Back stabbing us all the way.FYJB


3 posted on 06/28/2015 1:32:05 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: stevie_d_64

Lesser evil. Than their voters.


4 posted on 06/28/2015 1:33:39 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Norm Lenhart

THANK their voters


5 posted on 06/28/2015 1:34:02 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: stevie_d_64

The GOP PROMISED their voters that they would stop Obama
and remove ObamaCARE.

In return for the votes, they initiated the IRS attacks
again (led by McCain), and installed ObamaTRADE
(by almost all of them, including Cruz), and
got drunk and whored when the black robes made
ObamaTRADE FINAL.

The GOP are proven scum.


6 posted on 06/28/2015 1:36:00 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: stevie_d_64

The Founders would love these guys, I’m sure, as much as they would have contempt for Boner’s complicity with Obozo to nullify the Founder’s sacrifice in the American freedom struggle.


7 posted on 06/28/2015 1:36:02 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: Diogenesis

ObamaTRADE ===> ObamaCARE/SCOTUScare


8 posted on 06/28/2015 1:36:40 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("When a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced.")
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To: stevie_d_64

Count me as a member of the rebel wing. Minus them I entirely denounce the GOP. I may anyway if they don’t get more traction.

Pretty much I’m ashamed of the whole lot of our government. Liberals ruin everything. Voting does not matter. IF your vote mattered, the cheating at the polls waters down your rights anyway. But what difference does a vote make when the courts rule and the judges are there for life. Sure you can vote for those who nominate the judges as they leave. But even that is totally messed up. Liars rule. Honest rule followers drool.


9 posted on 06/28/2015 1:37:06 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: stevie_d_64

And we wonder why people are looking at voting for non-politicians like Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, and Donald Trump. Idiots like Boehner and McConnell and the rest of their ilk are doing nothing but making the GOP a carbon copy of the Democratic Party.


10 posted on 06/28/2015 1:37:16 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Diogenesis

There’s nothing else to say.


11 posted on 06/28/2015 1:38:22 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: stevie_d_64

The secret to being a successful Representative in Congress is to cut what seems to be a little better deal for the major contributors to your campaign, and making sure the voters in your district are presented with the VISION you are doing something “for” them.

Whether or not that perception is reality.

But what is wrong with the OTHER members of the Republican caucus that elevated John Boehner to the Speaker position?


12 posted on 06/28/2015 1:40:18 PM PDT by alloysteel ("Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement..." Ronald Reagan)
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Q: Why doesn’t Boehner go after obama like he does fellow republicans???

A:


13 posted on 06/28/2015 1:42:43 PM PDT by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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Because liberals keep voting for him no matter what.


14 posted on 06/28/2015 1:44:08 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: stevie_d_64

The rebels should not give up. History has shown that the GOPe will eventually fold.


15 posted on 06/28/2015 1:48:03 PM PDT by Cowboy Bob (Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
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To: 2banana

Because his spine is constructed entirely from a whisky and tobacco panade.


16 posted on 06/28/2015 1:56:42 PM PDT by some tech guy (Stop trying to help, Obama)
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To: stevie_d_64

I’d wager a dollar to a donut Boehner’s of Prussian descent.
Dont’ know, just a hunch..


17 posted on 06/28/2015 2:02:12 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: stevie_d_64

The GOP rebels need to caucus with the DIMS and elect Nancy Pelosi to the Speakership.


18 posted on 06/28/2015 2:07:20 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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To: stevie_d_64

The GOPe are the real traitors to this country. We expect leftist loons to be bad, but when the ones we put in office to protect us go along with the bad guys, this is evil...


19 posted on 06/28/2015 2:25:20 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Ah,yes,but its lesser evil,so it’s ok


20 posted on 06/28/2015 2:27:37 PM PDT by crosdaddy
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