Posted on 12/08/2014 5:49:43 AM PST by bestintxas
In a lengthy interview on Friday afternoon, Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) exposed how House Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise strengthened President Barack Obama’s executive amnesty with procedural trickery former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber would envy—and they did it all in the name of pushing a bill that they told Republicans would block Obama’s executive amnesty.
What’s more is that a series of interviews and recent developments indicate that Boehner’s gambit here is placing several of his top lieutenants—including at least two committee chairmen—at political risk of serious primary challenges just a few months after newly elected Rep. Dave Brat (R-VA) beat now former House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA) in a Republican primary.
Gohmert said most members had no idea what they were actually voting for when 219 members—216 of which were Republicans—approved a measure, H.R. 5759, first put forward by Rep. Ted Yoho (R-FL), but subsequently dramatically altered by leadership officials in the Rules Committee process.
“I was a cosponsor of the original Yoho bill. I thought it was a very decent bill, it was very short—it was only about a page and a half—and it basically said that anything the president did in violation of current law including what he’s done with ordering work permits for people who are illegally here, it’s illegal,” Gohmert said.
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No problem. My first response to this article was....can’t they read? Then I went back and read the full article. It wasn’t really available for them to read and since the changes were made after they whipped the vote no one knew about the changes. Pure deceit.
.....,,and the Rules Committee consist of whom?
I'm very familiar with rules committee tactics and I can only say they are never in the interest of conservatives, especially when the leadership is not!
That's why they are "appointed" to the rules committee in the first place!
Vendome, I’d love to believe you. But I can just see it being used as some sense of the Congress providing the president cover in some court. And Chief Injustice Roberts fully agreeing.
I don’t put anything past any of these people. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw the Capitol.
If any of u guys are on Twitter plz join me (@HOUSTONPETITION). Will try to get message out soon. Thanks
Wouldn't it be more effective and instructive just to burn down Boehner's office...?
I vaguely remember that- 2009 was a very busy year for me and as I get older I find I remember less :(
Thank you for the reminder!
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