Wednesday, July 29, 2015

NC: House conservative seeks John Boehner's ouster

Via Skynet

FILE - In this Sept. 19, 2013 file photo, Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington. The 2012 election should ave been a good one for Democrats running for Congress in North Carolina. Together, they received a total of 2.2 million votes_nearly 100,000 more than their Republican opponents. But when the votes were divvied up among the state's 13 House districts, the Democrats came up shot, way short.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows had heard from leading conservatives that trying to oust Speaker John Boehner right now was a bad idea.

Reps. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), fierce and frequent critics of leadership, thought the move was ill-advised. Some of Meadows’ friends didn’t even see it coming. But just before 6 p.m. Tuesday — a day before the House was set to leave town for its five-week summer recess — Meadows offered a motion to vacate the chair, an extraordinarily rare procedural move that represents the most serious expression of opposition to Boehner’s speakership. If the motion were to pass — most Republicans say it will be hard to cobble together the votes — Boehner would be stripped of the speaker’s gavel, potentially plunging the House of Representatives into chaos.

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4 comments:

  1. It has to be said and hopefully it will be heard.

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  2. I have not seen Boehner publicly crying as much as he use to. He must have
    found the right match in medication but the meds seemed to have changed
    his American values. What a turncoat. Hope to see him gone.

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    1. Hope to see him gone.

      Hear! Hear! Should have been removed the last time.

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