House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is facing a serious challenge to his position as a result of the $1.1 trillion CRomnibus bill passed in December.
The number of Republican House members opposing current House Speaker John Boehner for a third term as speaker increased following two announced challenges. As of Monday morning, a total of nine Republicans have openly declared that they intend to vote against Boehner for Speaker of the House when the chambers convenes on Tuesday.
The nine members who have declared their opposition to Boehner are Jim Bridenstine, R-Okla., Louie Gohmert R-Texas, Ted Yoho, R-Fla., Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., Steve King, R-Iowa, Dave Brat, R-Va., Marlin Stutzman, R- Ind., Water Jones, R-N.C., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky.
However, two of those members will likely vote for themselves, as Gohmert and Yoho announced over the weekend that they will stand against Boehner for the position.
“The American people have spoken loud and clear by their choice to elect conservative Representatives to serve them in Washington,” Rep. Yoho said Saturday. “It’s our turn now, as Members of the People’s House, to echo their demands by electing a new Speaker.”
The announcement prompted to Gohmert, who was among the first to be vocal about his disappointed with the $1.1 trillion CRomnibus when it passed, to announce Sunday he would also seek the gavel.
“After the November elections gave Republicans control of the Senate, voters made clear they wanted change,” Gohmert said on Fox & Friends. “We were hopeful our leaders got the voters’ message. However, after our speaker forced through the (spending bill) by passing it with Democratic votes and without time to read it, it seemed clear that we needed new leadership.”
Though Gohmert also indicted that at least one other member would announce a challenge, he offered no other details on who that individual may be.
Still, the task of overthrowing Boehner is a tall order, as it will take at least 28 dissenting votes to bring the election to a second ballot, which has not happened since 1923, when Frederick Gillette, a Republican from Massachusetts, took nine ballots to win re-election.
It is also true, however, that Republicans also have their largest majority since the 1920s, which could help to upset a vote that is typically a simple formality split along party lines.
Further, Rep. Bridenstine released a statement late Sunday referring to the rebels as a “Gang of Nine,” but claimed “Monday, we will be in double digits.” Meanwhile, Rep. Jones of North Carolina said that as many as 18 conservatives will look to vote against Boehner.
A Boehner spokesman said Sunday that the speaker was selected in November as the House Republican Conference’s choice and that “he expects to be elected by the whole House this week.”
Most of the opposition to Boehner stems from the belief among conservative members that he caved in by agreeing last month to a $1.1 trillion temporary federal spending bill, which averted another partial government shutdown. Those members believe Boehner did not do enough to punish President Obama for sidestepping Congress over immigration reform.
“Like President Obama, Speaker Boehner must have heard voices that didn’t vote,” Rep. Bridestine said in a statement. “Together they crafted the CR/Omnibus, a $1.1 trillion spending bill which funded the government for 10 months and blocked our newest elected Republicans from advancing conservative policy and delivering on campaign promises. With this vote, Republicans gave away the best tool available to rein in our liberal activist President: the power of the purse.”
But if rebellious House Republican members hope to bring the vote to a second ballot, they will likely have to unify behind a single candidate, though as of now, they seem unlikely to do so.
“We now have two great candidates willing to challenge the status quo,” Bridestine said. “I could vote for either Louie Gohmert or Ted Yoho.”
Dave Francis / January 5, 2015
STEALTH DEAL BETWEEN EXTREME SOCIALIST KING OBAMA AND REPUBLICAN
ELITIST JOHN BOEHNER TO GRANT 5 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS PLUS AMNESTY. KING OBAMA
PANDERING FOR VOTES. GOP ELITISTS BIG BUSINESS.
House Speaker John Boehner premeditatedly passed a version of
the Senate’s amnesty bill S. 744 to Obama by August of 2014, but ALIPAC
supporters stopped his plan with our campaign that shut down Boehner’s visible
cooperation with Obama in under 48 hours!
How can Republican Members of Congress swear an oath of
office to “support and defend the Constitution” and then, as their first
act, vote to confirm as Speaker someone who has enabled the shredding of the
Constitution? As of Monday morning eight principled Members of the House have
publicly stated they can’t, and consequently they will not vote for John
Boehner’s re-election as Speaker, and we hear many more are ready to join them.
The magic number of Republican votes needed to throw the
election for Speaker into a second round is 29 because that’s the number of
votes that would deprive Boehner of the absolute majority he needs to maintain
power. The Tea Party leadership will not vote for him. The major majority of
both political parties are liars, corrupt as they only want to fill their
pockets with taxpayer’s cash.
This year conservatives already have seven out publicly
against Boehner. The Capitol Switchboard number is 1-866-220-0044. We urge you
to call your Representative and urge him or her to vote for anyone but John
Boehner in round one when the election for Speaker is conducted on January 6, 2015 and
for the most conservative alternative that emerges in round two and beyond.
The
current situation whereby Obama decreed amnesty for illegal aliens and, in
doing so, removed the United States from Constitutional governance, is a
plot hatched behind the scenes. This plan
allows Obama to take action that the elites desire but that the American public
does not want, while also letting Boehner and McConnell pretend to oppose him
when in truth they are protecting and facilitating Obama and these massive
violations of their oaths of office!
John Boehner deserves to be thrown out of his leadership
position and out of Congress for lying to lawmakers, lying to the public,
supporting amnesty for illegal aliens, and violating his oath of office to
protect and uphold the US Constitution!
A new poll (click) shows that more than 60% of Republicans
want a different Speaker of the House than that lying amnesty and Obama
supporting John Boehner! The good news is that if we can get 29 Republicans to not vote for Boehner this Tuesday, a true
opponent of Amnesty and Obama like Congressman, Trey Gowdy (R-SC) entered Congress with a definite
commitment to the conservative principles that have guided him throughout his
years in public service. At the core of those principles lies a firm belief in
a limited government that inspires trust and demands accountability. or Louie Gohmert could become Speaker!
Establishment Republicans, and Washington insiders who have made
millions feeding off Boehner’s brand of Big Government Republicanism, are
desperate to keep Boehner in the Speaker’s job. With John Boehner it’s more
of the same, as puppets of Special Interests.
They are doing their best to cheat, pressure,
bribe, bully and lie to Republican members of Congress to convince them to keep
Boehner in power.
And with most Republican members of Congress those tactics will
work, but when the vote for Speaker opens on January 6, 2015 conservatives don’t
need most or even a majority of Republicans to vote against John Boehner; they
just need 29.
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