Waaaa!! But I love being Speaker!!
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Posted on 07/28/2015 4:45:09 PM PDT by conservativejoy
Yet another rebellion against Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) is brewing among Republicans in the House of Representatives, and has now burst into public view. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) has filed a motion aimed at unseating Boehner immediately as Speaker of the House.
“Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) has filed a motion to try to force Speaker John Boehner from his leadership post,” Politico wrote in a breaking news alert. “The move, called a motion to vacate the chair, represents a new level of opposition to GOP leadership from the conservative wing of the House Republican Conference. The motion can be postponed for several days before consideration.”
It’s unclear if this will be successful, but over the past few years there have been two major coup attempts at Boehner. Both were unsuccessful—but extraordinarily close to succeeding—and centered around plays at the beginning of this Congress and the beginning of the last Congress.
This move will focus on centering around a different strategy, and it all comes after Boehner’s leadership team unsuccessfully attempted retaliation against Meadows for opposing Obamatrade. They had tried to pull a subcommittee chairmanship from Meadows—and did so, but then reversed themselves under enormous pressure from the GOP conference and the American people, turning Meadows into a conservative movement hero of sorts.
Boehner’s office has not immediately responded to a request for comment but conservative movement stalwarts including nationally syndicated radio host Mark Levin have called for his ouster in recent days.
Meadows is a highly respected conservative member of the House and is intricately involved in the House Freedom Caucus. He’s plugged in party-wide, and wouldn’t be doing this if he didn’t think it could be successful.
Read the full motion to vacate the chair, filed by Rep. Meadows:
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
YES!
Make it so....
He’a gonna be on mark levin show at the bottom of the hour
What a powerful message that would send to the ruling class were he to succeed!
I’ll call your “yes” and raise you 10 more yeses!
Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!Yes!
Does anyone know of the time line for pursuing this? I think they all leave town tomorrow for a month.
I've already emailed my "so-called" representative (GA-6 Tom Price) telling him to support Meadows, but he's got his head so far up Boehner's arse, I doubt that he will do squat.
John Boehner cries and cries.
That is no leader you want representing you.
There is NO timeline.
It was not filed as a privileged motion so it will go to the Rules Committee where it will be killed.
An ingenious way of going about it IMO! Representatives will hear from their constituents over the break and support will build.
Nancy Pelosi will order her democrats to all vote for Boner as speaker. Boner is the best friend the democrats have.
Then that is good.
Thank You! I’ll tune in.
I like the word “immediately”.
My understanding is they have to take it up soon after their return. However, I just heard a news clip that said Boehner is going to address this tomorrow.
Tom Cotton for Senate Majority Leader!
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