That vote should be BLIND, it has nothing to do with legislation. Talk about intimidation. It is so corrupt up there it is sickening. Mark Sanford (R-SC) voted for Boehner...from a super-conservative district ...why? Go back to the primary and you will see Boehner endorsed him. There was the red flag and we missed it.
“.....In a scathing statement, Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.), who didn’t vote for Boehner two years ago but supported him on Tuesday, described the vote as a poorly executed “mutiny.”
He criticized the members who ran against Boehner for not doing so in November, when Republicans met behind closed doors to choose their Speaker.
“That was the time to fight,” he said of the November vote. “But not a single person ran against Boehner. Not one. If they had, we could’ve had a secret ballot to find out what the true level of opposition to John Boehner was.”......
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/228613-house-elects-boehner-as-speaker-with-x-defections