Congressmen Confirm That Boehner Will Either Resign Speakership Or Be Forced Out

Cybercast News Service.com ^ | 1/2/13 | Ron Meyer

[drewh]

I have confirmed with a group of Congressmen that House Speaker John Boehner will not be reelected Speaker tomorrow.

He will either resign or be forced out tomorrow.

Only 17 members are needed to block Speaker Boehner's election tomorrow. A Speaker needs an absolute majority of all votes cast for a specific person.

If no one has a majority, the House is speakerless. I've confirmed these rules with the House Parliamentarian.

[Resettozero]

Those of us who remember the 90s remember Gingrich did more than anyone else to destroy conservatism from within.

You make it sound like you're one of the few FReepers who remember all that was going on at that time. Remember it however makes you happy, but that's not what happened.

[vikingd00d]

>>>>“Clint Eastwood for speaker.”
>>Or G. Gordon Liddy (as long as we’re dreaming).

Or R. Lee Ermey

[bimboeruption]

Thank you for reminding us about Gingrich...too many here have the memory span of a gnat.

[Toespi]

KMA

[lonevoice]

This Ron Meyer guy is one of those WANTING Boehner out - with good reason. But so far he’s the ONLY one who says he’s “confirmed” anything.

Yep. Meyer also told Martin Bashir (MSNBC) earlier today that Boehner was going to announce his resignation at 5PM Eastern today. He said he had a source for that too. When Bashir said he'd be surprised, Meyer conceded that he also thought it was unlikely. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2974382/posts

Meyer's blowing smoke.

[drewh]

I see your Levin and raise you the great one Mark Steyn

[xzins]

It won’t do any good to get rid of Boehner, but it’s probably time to dump him just because his name is too well known now.

To his credit he didn’t get convicted of any kind of malfeasance during his tenure.

If a new speaker can be prevented by just 17 republican votes, then no one can be elevated to that position without some kind of agreement...Ryan, maybe??? Otherwise, that leaves the #3 in presidential elevation to the majority leader of the Senate, IIRC. Harry Reid.

[Gene Eric]

>> TREY GOWDY.......For speaker

Yup.

[TADSLOS]

The tepid GOPeeee would be wetting their pants too. Mark could hold mandatory schooling of the Constitution on the House Floor. New House Rule: No one introduces legislation until they pass Levin’s test on the Constitution.

[aliquando]

We can hope Admiral Akbar! I hope it is not.

[nickcarraway]

Typical reply from the follower of a communist leader with an IQ of 70. Gingrich portrayed himself as an intellectual wile he wrote “history” but were written at the third-grade level.

[glock rocks]

Um, no. Ryan spit in the soup pot with his vote today.

[antonico]

Great reply. Here's a thought I haven't heard yet....

Suppose that the Democrats want to keep the ineffective, meandering, milquetoast Boehner as Speaker because it helps Obama and the Democrat Party to have him as their whipping boy. Then what's to stop House Dems from voting for him? They have a minority anyway - but they can't run the risk of a real effective Speaker emerging if the House Republicans want Boehner out. Is there anything that stops Pelosi from instructing House Dems to vote for Boehner and keep him where he is??

[Psalm 144]

“Most of the Democrats will vote for him.
He will get a majority....”

Ouch. Probably right. *sigh*

[Resettozero]

>> TREY GOWDY.......For speaker. Yup.

One day in the future. Not now with this crowd.

[Tex-Con-Man]

Mark Levin has been promoting the idea...his suggestion is Scott Walker for Speaker.

[wastedyears]

Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy!

Screw you, John, for screwing me over.

[ct_libertarian]

For me, it’s not a question of who, but what.

If there is a new speaker and that person doesn’t immediately draw up Articles of Impeachment and immediately launch major, non-stop investigations, then it’s just the same old Kabuki Theater.

[icwhatudo]

The establishment is laughing as conservatives align themselves behind Cantor. Cantor is their choice and was given the green light to oppose the bill so conservatives would rally behind him.

[Mr. K]

unless some Democrats vote to keep him in

[WKB]

I knew that was the same guy I saw on Forensic Files aka Mystery Detectives.

[Hoodat]

That’s a no-brainer for the Dems. John Boehner was able to do last night what Pelosi has been unable to do for four years - raise income taxes and capital gains taxes.

[Michael Barnes]

heh-

Okay...I’ll run with ya on that!

[drewh]

[Christie at the beach]

I wish it could be Newt. He accomplished so much before as the speaker.

There's no one with that guy's intelligence and can balance many tasks to reform our government.

If it's Cantor, he will be weak. They all have to present this to go along but we are getting clobbered as the socialist agenda marches ahead. I don't care about the person's past or wife or other. Just get a fighter who does not give a crap what the democrat media says because the people will support that person when he/she does the right things. Stay with the basics. The person who does that will be the hero! The person needs to go on TV and make a pledge to follow the constitution and if they fumble, they promise to step down.

[HomeAtLast]

No one believes that the Chief Justice of the United States can be someone other than a Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Let's ask John Roberts about that!

[Resettozero]

For me, it’s not a question of who, but what. If there is a new speaker and that person doesn’t immediately draw up Articles of Impeachment and immediately launch major, non-stop investigations, then it’s just the same old Kabuki Theater.

Just cannot happen with this bunch of representatives. At least two years away from that happening. And even if O were impeached in the House, so what? Ask Bill how much that bothered him.

[glock rocks]

Cantor would keep it in the GOPe’s domain. Same old, same old. Where’d y’all think Cantor got his creds? Being a Tea Party radical? Hell no.

Hell no!

[txhurl]

Mark Steyn could read me the phone book all day and I’d beg him to read the Greensheet too.

[Hoodat]

Speaker Ted Nugent - works for me.

[matthew fuller]

Mark Steyn is not native born citizen.

[par4]

Mark Levin - were he elected speaker, the collective gasp from the Democrat side would be heard for hunderds of miles. Nancy Pelosi would melt like the wicked witch.

I would pay real money to watch him instruct the House on the Constitutionality of bills before a vote is taken.

[VAFreedom]

isn’t it suspicious that Cantor suddenly voted differently with the boner?

[Hoodat]

Only guy I know qualified to balance the budget. Did it 4 years in a row with Clinton.

It sickens me to hear conservatives parroting Clinton lies. We haven't had a balanced budget since 1957. Noot is a lying POS. The debt increased each and every year he was Speaker.

[nickcarraway]

What do you remember? - I remember the incredible victory in the '94 election - I remember Gingrich saying Clinton, "made him melt." and he let Clinton do whatever he wanted. - I remember Gingrich told the entire conservative House that they needed to abandon conservatism starting in 1996, and the rest of leadership had to mutiny so he didn't completely abandon it. - I remember he single-handedly saved by having his own bimbo eruption when Clinton was under impeachment. That was unfortunately, the defining moment of conservatism. It;s not fair, but from that moment on most Americans considered conservatives lying hypocrites. Conservatism has never recovered. If that hadn't happened, we wouldn't have President Obama today. - I remember during his run at speakership he and his mother acted like jerks, making Republicans look like jerks, reversing everything Reagan had done. -I remember he started out as a Rockefeller Republican and never changed and ran against Reaganism in '76. -I remember he went on apology tour with Nancy Pelosi in 2006, because it was trendy and apologized for the evils of conservatism (He did Obama's apology tour before it was cool) He said that conservatives were lying about global warming because they were greedy. -When conservatives cost his handpicked candidate Dede Scozzfava an election he posted a rant on his web site about how terrible conservatives were.

What do you remember? You can't deny any of these things, because they are true.

[onyx]

The Marxist’s worst nightmare!
GO Newt!

Otherwise go with Trey Gowdy! He’s super smart and tough too!

[tnvol01]

Ron Meyer is with American Majority Action.

He was on Larry Kudlow this evening & only mentioned the possibility that JB’s speakership could be in jeopardy. Certainly did not convey it was a done deal (he was on during the 6 PM CST hour, so I guess he could have posted this revelation to CNS afterwards)......

[Hoodat]

isn’t it suspicious that Cantor suddenly voted differently with the boner?

Not just Cantor, but McCarthy, Hensarling, and Price as well. Numbers 2 through 5 bucked the Speaker. Boehner is toast.

[Resettozero]

What do you remember? You can't deny any of these things, because they are true.

Whatever makes you happy.

[griswold3]

I think you left out his rant on Ryan’s ‘right wing social engineering’ comment. Thanks, Newt, with friends like you, who need enemies?

[tennmountainman]

The fact that people are even talking about this means they are not
afraid of Bonehead.
The issue seems to be who will replace him.

[FrankR]

In my mind, she is what mainly cost him the primary, but he seems severely PW, and its costing him one thing...RESPECT.

[Cheerio]

The job is a thankless task that few want...

The RATS and Piglosi certainly "liked it" and brought us Obamacare on Christmas eve in the dead of night. Almost pulled Obamacare off with a "Deemed" vote. They also gave us Cap and Tax and gave a rousing cheer when it was passed. The RATS have never ever seen a tax they didn't love. The real belief on the left is that all money belongs to the President and/or Congress and they are the ones to determine who gets the goodies. They do not live in "real-ville" but rather fantasy-land where unicorns reign supreme. How many RATS Congresscritters have every met a payroll? We certainly know the Liar in Chief never has - the only private sector job he ever held was dishing up Baskin Robins ice cream for a short while as a teenager. The rest of his career has been with his snout in the public trough.

[smoothsailing]

2. How is the Speaker of the House elected?
Article I, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution states, “The House of Representatives shall chuse their Speaker and other Officers.”

Although the Constitution does not require the Speaker to be a Member of the House, all Speakers have been Members.

When a Congress convenes for the first time, each major party conference or caucus nominates a candidate for Speaker. Members customarily elect the Speaker by roll call vote. A Member usually votes for the candidate from his or her own party conference or caucus but can vote for anyone, whether that person has been nominated or not.

To be elected, a candidate must receive an absolute majority of the votes cast—which may be less than a majority of the full House because of vacancies, absentee Members, or Members who vote “present.” If no candidate receives the majority of votes, the roll call is repeated until a majority is reached and the Speaker is elected.

http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/memberfaq.aspx

[Dave W]

Yes. I absolutely agree with that sentiment.

[drewh]

Mama Grizzly as Speaker would be great too.

[crosshairs]

Clint Eastwood Ted Nugent for speaker.

There. Fixed it.

[Hoodat]

I wish it could be Newt. He accomplished so much before as the speaker.

Noot Gingrich Loves FDR

[nickcarraway]

It’s not about what makes you or me happy. It’s about facts. So far, I have offered facts, you have offered nothing. And another Gingrichite offered, “kiss my ass,” Who wins, the ones who can site facts, or the one who sites insults? The idea of Gingrich of a conservative is all marketing and hype. He’s the Kim Kardashian of conservatism. (My apologies to Miss Kardashian)

[Christie at the beach]

Sounds like a caption of the Young and Restless.

He followed the constitution to have Clinton brought up on charges while others tried to have him removed for their political careers. Don't forget that, buddy. Newt never blamed the standards for making bad choices like Mr. is did. So, you are a weak person for buying the spin. I'd like to see you and the others up there doing 1/100th of what the man did over his career.