Posted on 02/27/2015 2:27:56 PM PST by NRx
Breaking: They voted it down
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she needs to be removed next election.
She is a con artist .
There needs to be a mass revolt against Mitchell, and every RINO senator (McCain, Graham etc) must be primaried or this moribund nation will never recover. .
I wrote a letter to my representative, Glenn "G.T." Thompson prior to the reelection of Spineless Wunder Boehner... basically stating a case against The Orange-tinted Loser, and making a case for Judge Gohmert. Here is the response I received... WEEKS after "G.T." voted with the establishment. When I got this, I stopped reading a couple lines in... the point was made and G.T. has lost my vote FOREVER. I will sooner write-in myself or one of my kitties.
Dear xxxxxxxx:Thank you for contacting me and taking the time to express your opposition to Rep. John Boehner for Speaker of the House of Representatives. Your opinion is important to me and I appreciate the opportunity to respond with my thoughts on the matter.
Prior to commencement of the 114th Congress, just days after the November mid-term elections, Republican members of the House of Representatives met to nominate our leadership team. During this conference, not a single member of the House Republican Conference voiced opposition to the nomination of Rep. John Boehner to serve another term as Speaker. Similarly, there was not a dissenting vote during the secret ballot process. The nomination process for Speaker Boehner was unanimous.
On January 6, 2015, the House elected Rep. John Boehner as Speaker over Rep. Nancy Pelosi by a vote of 216 to 164, despite dissenting votes from 25 members of the Republican party. While I hold the Republican candidates who challenged Speaker Boehner in high regards as friends and colleagues, the fact is that none were suitable or prepared to hold the position. I do not believe these challenges were sincere efforts, with the alternative candidates announcing their intentions mere days before to Television audiences. One of the most important components of success is appropriate planning. As a result, I could not in good-faith cast my vote on behalf of any member who did not have the foresight to speak to their colleagues about his or her decision to run for Speaker. As a result, Rep. Louie Gohmert received just three votes in total, one being his very own.
Many of the challenges in the legislative process over the past several years were not caused by House Leadership, but can directly be attributed to lack of action from a Democrat majority in the Senate. I can attest that as a life-long conservative, I have worked as your representative to advance conservative principles in order to better serve the people of the Commonwealth and our great nation. The Constitution established a system of checks and balances that were very intentional. To appropriately navigate this process and to advance our shared conservative ideals, we as Republicans must stick together and not let a few members concerned with self-promotion divide our ranks.
I have always been a firm believer that trust is earned. While I am not asking you to take my word for it, I am respectfully requesting that you look at some of the accomplishments in the first 13 legislative days of the new Congress, including: House approval of the Keystone XL Pipeline; Passage of the Hire More Heroes Act to employ more veterans without Obamacare burdens; Restoring the 40-hour workweek and protecting the paychecks of millions of hard-working Americans; Prohibiting taxpayer funding for abortions; Protecting Volunteer Fire Departments from Obamacare mandates; Expediting the licensing of Liquefied Natural Gas exports to create jobs and national security; Streamlining the construction of natural gas pipelines so we can continue to utilize American-produced energy and lower energy costs for families; Blocking the President's unlawful amnesty program; Regulatory reforms that allow more public input; and twelve separate bills to combat human trafficking that will protect the most vulnerable, especially children.
Please be assured that while I believe many of these legislative initiatives to be a good start, there remains much work to be done. As your elected member of the House of Representatives, this is a task that I do not take lightly and I will remain committed to further earning your trust over the remainder of the 114th Congress.
I would like to once again thank you for contacting me with your concerns. For more information on my policies and happenings around the 5th District, please visit my website at www.thompson.house.gov. There you can sign up to receive periodic updates via my e-newsletter, The Thompson Times.
Sincerely,
Glenn Thompson Member of Congress
Yes it does, and I use it. Any more suggestions.
Senate just approved 1 week DHS!
The Dems don’t have enough votes to do anything in the House. They were ably assisted by more than 50 members of the Republican Tea Party and Freedom caucuses. Different motivations but the same outcome.
Voted for Bonehead for speaker
has nice things on her web site.....
...but does the opposite...
If you are in Utah...file a petty claims court for a refund on your donation....reason....truth in advertising.
Unfortunately, Graham and the ultimate RINO Susan Collins aren’t up for primaries or reelection until 2020. McCain’s next election is in 2016.
Why would the 52 heroes vote for 1 week? what is the logic on that when they voted down 3 weeks of funding the Dictator? ? Let me tell what just happened.They knew we were ratifying an illegal decree by a dictator. They weren’t voting for or against illegal aliens, they were voting in response to their oath to uphold the constitution and they were doing it in the Alamo. It is hot in the Alamo and 11 million Mexicans are outside. 52— 52 stood up. They stood up to stop a dictator from ruining our country. They fight to preserve the constitution led by Louis Gomert of Texas. This is a war to save this country from a dictator. This is a war in which we , as conservatives, live or die. There is not deferral to another day ( 1 week).
Pray as you never have that Speaker Boehner will send the House Bill ( without the tyrants funding) back to the Senate. The Senate CAPITULATED. These 52 stood in the gale force wind and fought. I stand with them. The Number 52 will soon be a code word.
nancy pelosi just switched to support the bill they just helped defeat. Toatl chaos on the dem side!!
“So what. Blame the Republicans. If we are going to loose our rights and constitution, I would rather go down fighting. Not curled up in the corner shivering in fear.”
Excellent. The Founding Fathers didn’t sit around contemplating how many people would blame them.
Why would democrats be against it?
To embarrass Boehner and hand him a defeat and because they want the Senate’s version of the bill which fully funds DHS.
DHS protects Hollywood’s copyright. Who needs it?
DHS is not the border patrol.
DHS is not the FBI.
DHS is not the Pentagon.
So why did the Rats vote against it? Or, why did they say?
Nothing says the Speaker has to be a member of the house.
Agreed. What we need is a vote of no confidence, a walkout, and states to take over their own affairs.
Plus, millions of unemployed, underemployed, and employed American citizens will lose access to the opportunity to help them obtain the American dream of achieving success through hard work because of competition from cheap illegal invader labor. Grrr...
...”simple solution.....Throw out the filibuster in the senate, then pass the DHS funding without the funds for the amnesty, and ....make Obama veto it”....
I thought that was the general idea ...to get Obama to veto it....so it appears the demorats were on to this and thus the House voted no...
This gets more and more confusing...just like Obamacare did and others they passed at the witching hour!
I can’t help but wonder what all the “I’ll never vote Republican again”-types will have to say about this.
And who will they vote for next election if not a Republican? Ross Perot? One of the Paul whackos?
Or will they just sit home and let Hillary have it?
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