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Boehner takes revenge (Foes find themselves losing plum committee posts.)
Politico ^ | January 6, 2015 @ 5:35pm | By JAKE SHERMAN and JOHN BRESNAHAN

Posted on 01/06/2015 3:47:02 PM PST by bamahead

John Boehner is getting revenge.

He secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to three relatively unknown members of the House Republican Conference. But he’s already punishing those who betrayed him.

First up: Florida Reps. Daniel Webster and Richard Nugent. The pair will be booted from their spots on the House Rules Committee, according to sources familiar with the decision. Webster ran against Boehner (R-Ohio) for speaker Tuesday, and Nugent supported his fellow Floridian.

The Rules Committee is a panel appointed by the speaker, and it controls the flow of legislation to the House floor. It’s a prestigious appointment for members who are loyal to leadership.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: betrayal; boehner; boehnerpainer; boehnerrevenge; boehnerspeakervote; cryingcheeeto; jackass; rino; spinelesswunderboner; thenewgop; uniparty
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To: bamahead

While I very much appreciate the non-Bohner voters, it appears we have another SoreLooserMan on our hands.

Boehner is a sucking sleazebag. Lower than a snake’s belly.

He personifies everything that is wrong with Washington.


201 posted on 01/06/2015 9:13:51 PM PST by upchuck (Entrenched incumbency is the disease. Fresh blood is the cure.)
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To: bamahead; All

The following is from Pete Sessions:

“Sometimes there are casualties and changes, and people make decisions,” said Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, a Texas Republican. “They make decisions to do things knowing sometimes there can be consequences.”

While he praised Webster and Nugent for their service on the panel, Sessions said membership on the leadership-driven committee requires loyalty to the Republican conference.

Anyone who goes along with this type of crap is evil. That includes Pete Sessions and every other republican in congress. Had to add to my tag line.


202 posted on 01/06/2015 9:24:39 PM PST by VerySadAmerican (Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters.)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Wallstreet, 1998 & parties:

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/12/15/in-push-out-provision-example-of-how-congress-does-its-job/?_r=0

Mr. Yoder, instead, moved to attach an entire financial reform measure to the annual financial services and general government-spending bill. Aides to the congressman said he was in no way carrying water for Wall Street. Instead, they said, he was looking out for regional and small banks and for farmers caught up in Dodd-Frank regulations.

Large agribusinesses routinely use derivatives to hedge against unexpected fluctuations in crop prices or foreign currencies. Under the new regulations, companies would have to take out loans for farm operations from one bank, strike swap agreements with another financial firm, and provide collateral for both.

At the time, Representative José E. Serrano of New York, the ranking Democrat on the financial services subcommittee of the appropriation committee, questioned how a measure so important could be an amendment to a spending bill.

Ms. Kaptur asked: “I’d like to know, who is really behind this? Who has enough power to bring this before this committee?”

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6719442

But Boehner’s climb up the leadership ladder was soon to be interrupted. After a stormy 104th Congress, and the re-election of Bill Clinton in 1996, several members of the GOP leadership team were dismayed at Gingrich’s confrontational style and the GOP’s declining popularity. In the summer of 1997, several members of the leadership team attempted to overthrow Gingrich. They came within hours of a floor motion to strip him of his powers before they were exposed and thwarted.

Boehner’s role in the attempted coup (if any) was unclear, and he remained in his job for the remainder of the 105th Congress. But after the GOP lost five seats in the 1998 midterm election, Gingrich was ousted as leader, and Boehner was challenged for the conference chairmanship by Oklahoma’s J.C. Watts. Republicans, disgruntled at the returns and looking for scapegoats, elected Watts.

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http://www.nationaljournal.com/politics/disgraced-ex-congressman-attacks-john-boehner-in-new-book-20130305

Disgraced Ex-Congressman Attacks John Boehner in New Book

Ney’s most dramatic accusations are against his fellow Ohioan John Boehner, the man he once saw as his biggest rival to someday being speaker. He describes Boehner as “a bit lazy” and “a man who was all about winning and money. He was a chain-smoking, relentless wine drinker who was more interested in the high life—golf, women, cigarettes, fun, and alcohol.” He said Boehner “spent almost all of his time on fundraising, not policy.” He “golfed, drank constantly, and took the easy way legislatively.” Ney recalled Boehner handing out checks on the House floor and said his ties with a tobacco company were so tight that lawmakers could get free cigarettes from Boehner’s office. His golfing, Ney said, was “nonstop” and “paid for by lobbyists.”

Ney wrote: “If the Justice Department were ever to make John produce receipts for his addiction to golf just for the years from 1995 to 2004, he would be hard-pressed to comply. John got away with more than any other Member on the Hill.”

The most inflammatory accusation against Boehner in the book is Ney’s contention that he ended his reelection campaign after winning the primary in 2006 only after Boehner, then the majority leader, summoned the cash-strapped and embattled congressman to his office and told him if he quit the race, Boehner would take care of him. “If you resign the next day, I will personally guarantee you a job comparable to what you are making, and raise legal defense money for you that should bury all this Justice Department problem for you,” Boehner said, according to Ney. He said he pressed Boehner, repeating the terms and getting assurance that the offer was “ironclad.” When Ney called back the next day to accept the deal, he wrote that he again repeated the terms to Boehner, who agreed. “Because of Boehner’s promise, I stepped aside,” he wrote. But Ney said Boehner did not keep his word. “I had been lied to and ditched,” Ney said.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/03/insider-spills-beans-on-d-c-s-dirty-secrets/

“I’m not calling anyone an alcoholic, being a recovering alcoholic, but I’ve got to tell you John Boehner is a constant drinker of wine. He’s been seen with lobbyists for decades on a nightly basis and drinking. I’m not judging him, but I think it’s part of the story.


203 posted on 01/06/2015 9:39:19 PM PST by maggief
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To: spodefly

I called and emailed to tell Boehner he was acting just like BO and Holder-like a thug. He was punishing the citizens that voted for these patriots and he should be ashamed. I wish more would call and tell him to STOP the thuggish behavior.


204 posted on 01/06/2015 9:41:49 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Diogenesis

When the Conservatives stay home in future elections, they will never have the power they love.


205 posted on 01/06/2015 9:42:53 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: Mr Rogers

Don’t you wish he’d fight Democrats the way he fights conservatives...

Call his office and say that.


206 posted on 01/06/2015 9:47:49 PM PST by dandiegirl
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To: INVAR

“Conservatives are going to discover we have been rendered politically irrelevant by the cabal/Mob that is now in power.

What follows is the kind of horrors that always follow other fundamentally transformed societies taken over by Marxists/Fascists.”

Without a doubt. It has already started.

I only see one way to save the country.


207 posted on 01/06/2015 10:09:28 PM PST by Hardens Hollow (Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
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To: minnesota_bound

Rush is spot on.

Did he say what we ought to do to respond? Likely not.

I only see one solution for the country, and he’s not likely to advocate that on air.


208 posted on 01/06/2015 10:11:00 PM PST by Hardens Hollow (Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
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To: VerySadAmerican

“Obama voters are my enemy. And so are republican voters”

I changed my voter registration after cry baby got the speakership.

I’m done with the back-stabbing weasels.


209 posted on 01/06/2015 10:12:27 PM PST by Hardens Hollow (Formerly yorkiemom. I couldn't find Galt's Gulch, so created our own Harden's Hollow. Join us!)
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To: INVAR
Conservatives are going to discover we have been rendered politically irrelevant by the cabal/Mob that is now in power.

No, thay GOP-e really does need us to show up on Election Day.

Guess the little bitchez didn't get the message of 2006.

210 posted on 01/06/2015 10:59:50 PM PST by kiryandil (making the jests that some FReepers aren't allowed to...)
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To: rockinqsranch
Those that opposed him today stood on principal knowing the risks, and will reap rewards for their actions today.

We all knew for weeks that it would take 29 votes to force a change, we got 28, almost like it was planned to fall one short.

211 posted on 01/06/2015 11:28:15 PM PST by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: ReaganGeneration2
These 25 patriots should start their own national party. Why would they not?

Because most of those votes were show votes, all prearranged for our amusement.

212 posted on 01/06/2015 11:34:46 PM PST by itsahoot (Voting for a Progressive RINO is the same as voting for any other Tyrant.)
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To: deport

They have to be “recalled” next Election. Only other way to “recall” a Congressman is via Expulsion by 2/3 of the members of The House; that only happens in severe cases.


213 posted on 01/07/2015 1:58:26 AM PST by Din Maker (Is anyone considering Gov. Susana Martinez of NM as the possible GOP nominee in 2016?)
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To: bamahead
"He secured his third term as speaker Tuesday afternoon, losing 25 votes on the House floor to three relatively unknown members of the House Republican Conference. But he’s already punishing those who betrayed him."

In politics one of the worst things you can do is shoot at the King.

However, the very worst thing you can do is shoot at the King and miss...

214 posted on 01/07/2015 2:33:46 AM PST by Mad Dawgg (If you're going to deny my 1st Amendment rights then I must proceed to the 2nd one...)
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To: kiryandil
"No, thay GOP-e really does need us to show up on Election Day."

I wonder. If Boehner and company are still at the table and receive pats on the head from Pelosi in the form of benefits and the high life, would they care if they were in the minority? Much worse to actually oppose the Left and support evil conservatives.

215 posted on 01/07/2015 3:14:50 AM PST by Truth29
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To: ObamahatesPACoal
King can call his big ag, big wind and big ethanol friends to contribute to Boehner’s primary challenger.

"Follow the money" seems to be the default condition.

216 posted on 01/07/2015 4:29:21 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: maggief

217 posted on 01/07/2015 4:39:44 AM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: itsahoot
Because most of those (principled conservative) votes were show votes, all prearranged for our amusement.

PRECISELY!

This was all kabuki theater. The chattering classes were appeased, the talking heads amused, and the takedown of the nation goes on.

218 posted on 01/07/2015 4:41:14 AM PST by Old Sarge (Its the Sixties all over again, but with crappy music...)
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To: eyeamok
There are some 67 Tea Party Conservatives in the House,

There we have yet another label with no meaning. If it does not walk like a duck or does not sound like a duck, it's probably not a duck.

219 posted on 01/07/2015 4:46:41 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Travis McGee
When I look at Boehner in that one, the first impression I get is...DRUNK.


220 posted on 01/07/2015 4:56:32 AM PST by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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