Posted on 09/24/2015 4:58:45 PM PDT by cotton1706
House Speaker John Boehner’s time with the big gavel may be coming to an end in the next week or so. The Hill reports some Republican lawmakers think they have a shot at getting Boehner out, if the government shutdown over the funding of Planned Parenthood doesn’t happen.
“That’s what tells you there’s something afoot. You know there’s some drops of blood in the water, because all the sharks are starting to circle,” said one conservative lawmaker who backs Boehner’s ouster.
The key word in all this is “may” because there’s no guarantee it will happen. North Carolina Congressman Mark Meadows does have a measure on trying to get the speaker position vacated so there can be a new one, but that takes votes. Whether that’s the case or not depends on the source. Boehner says he does, but South Carolina Congressman Mick Mulvaney says otherwise because he isn’t sure how Democrats would vote. Of course, Boehner decided to make some pretty laughable comments about his tenure as a Congressman to POLITICO last weekend (emphasis mine).
“Garbage men get used to the smell of bad garbage. Prisoners learn how to become prisoners, all right? You can teach yourself to do anything, especially if you’re committed to a cause. I came to Washington to fight for a smaller, less costly and more accountable government…I don’t think they understand I’m as conservative as they are. When I voted regularly, I had the eighth most conservative voting record in Congress. And the idea that I’m the establishment, that I’m some RINO, is just laughable. It really is.”
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why couldn’t they vote either rand/cruz/rubio for senate leader?
Don’t think the Dems will let this happen.
I notice the headline could be seen as (is intended to be used as ?) as the Tea Party pro-life votes are a negative when they oppose the Squeaker.
That “Boehner is the best thing ever in Washington since sliced bread and circuses in Rome.” is the message Obola’s ABCNNBCBS press corpse demands be presented.
Time for Boehner to have another drink.
6 precious years too late. in that time what little that was left of America was lost. in 2010, he was in position to start the restoration of America. completely defund and destroy the president’s agenda. i wouldn’t want to be anyone who voted for him.
I am very seriously looking at Mike Lee here in Utah...I don’t feel about him the way I once did....
Allen West for Speaker
Probably not, being as he is the number one Dem in the House.
He claims he’s conservative. 35% CR rating. (There is a fake rating that McConnell, Boehner and other RINOs like to quote but the real truth is he is absolutely no conservative.) My Democrat rep. Has a 20% rating, for Pete’s sake.
If he goes down, he’s going down lying. At least he’s consistent.
Uh oh, that’s going to make him cry.
If Boehner got hit by a truck leaving the capital, I don’t think I could muster a tear.
Post us when the drunken b*stard commits sepuku.
I take that bad, I would feel badly if the truck driver had to waste time cleaning what was left of Boehner from the grill of his truck.
Dang. Bad = back.
“Eighth most conservative record”
What another reeking pile of horsesh—.
It’s easy to vote for conservative measures when you are in the minority and don’t give a good blankety-blank if you actually pass anything.
That’s precisely why the drunken loser is so comfortable where he is now. Under his gutless leadership he still doesn’t actually have to vote on anything that might upset the polished-apple cart.
The sodden bastard. He has single-handedly done away with the rule that says if the MAJORITY CAUCUS doesn’t support a bill, then it doesn’t get voted on.
Instead he works with the Dems!
I don’t think Allen West is a member of Congress anymore.
The speaker does not have to be a member of congress. That is why I support Mark Levin for Speaker.
Boner is a drunk and a bum.
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