Posted on 01/27/2015 6:06:31 AM PST by cotton1706
A group of 30-40 House Republicans — more than enough to prevent House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio) from mustering 218 votes for anything — is organizing into a formal caucus and hiring staff.
The organization is devoted to pushing conservative legislative goals, as I write on the home page, but it could be an important component of the next leadership elections. That’s because the existence of the caucus provides outsiders with an opportunity to count votes, and court supporters, in public.
“Any leadership election is pretty much about organization and who has votes lined up or who can reach a lot of members quickly,” says one member of the newly-formed Freedom Caucus. “That is going to be a factor in a contested leadership race.”
It’s quite a risk to challenge a sitting speaker on the House floor, which is one reason that some critics of Boehner refused to vote against him in the last two failed coup attempts. By forming as a caucus that works to pressure House leaders, potential challengers can gauge the appetite for new leadership without overtly crossing Boehner, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R., Calif.), or House Whip Steve Scalise (R., La.).
Representative Jim Jordan (R., Ohio) will chair the new caucus, raising the possibility that he will use it to springboard into leadership. But he has ignored that siren call before. Even if Jordan never throws his hat in the ring, though, other candidates could try to build a bloc of support in the GOP conference by working with the caucus. And, the caucus could mobilize quickly during the next leadership election.
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I like it! I hope it comes to fruition.
Well thank God!
Um.... Those were ELECTIONS!
This is how you begin a real third party. And though I hate the idea, it is time.
Danger is Boehner will cut deals with rats as Putin has done with the Chinese.
The question begs, is one of the 40 if not more is a hidden Freeper. I think just such an idea was mentioned here during the Boehner vote, although an idea like this is such a no brainer. I am sure it was mentioned all over the place...
Anyone who doesn't line up with this caucus should be primaried. JMHO
The squishy Cheeto has got to go.
Such a move by Boehner could push more and more into this conservative Caucus, which in the end will generate loud GOP calls for Boehner’s head.
We are witnessing a pushing match in which the school yard bully has the bullied standing up to him. When bullies are seriously stood up to they fold and usually the bully decides to be your friend, although mot a truly trustworthy one.
Public members of the group so far:
Jim Jordan of Ohio
Raul Labrador of Idaho
Justin Amash of Michigan
Ron DeSantis of Florida
John Fleming of Louisiana
Scott Garrett of New Jersey
Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina
Mark Meadows of North Carolina
Matt Salmon of Arizona
This new caucus needs to be very serious in who is invited to this caucus and works on the staff of this caucus. The liberal Republicans are just a slimy, sociopathic and deceitful as their out of the closet democrat friends across the aisle.
If this caucus stands strong as a voting block they can cause major damage to the liberals in congress that infest both parties or aka the Uniparty. And they as a caucus should take every opportunity to show the liberals in both parties for the idiots they are and offer real world alternative conservative solutions.
They need to start PACS that support their candidates and deny any funds to the liberal Republicans. If they do this right they can eventually offer a real alternative to the Republican liberal lite party.
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