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Boehner Resigning From Congress

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Oh, and John?

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Hoping. Let's hope they don't put some rino in his place.
 
Sniffles is gone?

woo-hoo!

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Djfan said:
Hoping. Let's hope they don't put some rino in his place.
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I don't think the Republicans in Congress would stand for it. They're the ones running him off.
I want Trey Gowdy. A pit bull who will kick *** and take names.

 
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http://journal.ijreview.com/2015/09...owned&utm_campaign=journal&utm_term=ijamerica

John Boehner is resigning. The embattled Speaker of the House waited out Newt Gingrich, Bob Livingston, and Denny Hastert. He stayed on the sidelines during coup, counter-coup, and Tom DeLay. But over the past few years, since he took the Speaker’s chair, Boehner has not led so much as been dragged around.

After taking back the House in 2010, Boehner increasingly marginalized social conservatives. After the 2012 win, he increasingly marginalized fiscal conservatives. More and more, Boehner had to rely on Democrats and moderate Republicans to get anything done in the House. In the old days, punishing members by removing them from committees would have worked. But now, thanks to outside groups like Heritage Action for America, Madison Project, Club for Growth, and even the Senate Conservatives Fund, punishing members made them martyrs and emboldened them.

With the Iran Deal and the pending debt ceiling fight, Boehner finally marginalized war hawks in Congress, thereby putting himself on the outs with every wing of the party in Congress save the moderates who are in the minority. Before the August recess, Congressman Mark Meadows filed a motion to vacate the chair, which would effectively strip Boehner of power. No one, including conservatives, thought Boehner was in trouble. But over the August recess, it became clear to members that their own Republican voters supported Meadows.

Boehner did not have the votes to survive a motion. His own friends began openly talking about his end. Ultimately, the House Majority Leader, Kevin McCarthy, turned a blind eye to talk of coups and, consequently, conservatives sped up their plotting.

Boehner had nowhere to go. He dealt as badly with this as he has the President on the debt ceiling and so many other issues. But the key is not that Boehner negotiated bad deals getting him into trouble. It is not that he sat with the President.

Boehner’s problem is that he held more and more of his own party in the House in contempt. In the end, it wasn’t just the conservatives who felt shut out and unable to do business with Boehner. Everyone else did to. So Boehner had to go.
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Boehner started out all right, but folded too easily and never passed bills to put on Obama's desk which would have exposed Obama in many ways. Glad to see him go.
 
Top 5 replacement candidates


1. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.: McCarthy has been the House majority leader since August 2014, after Eric Cantor was defeated in a primary and resigned, and was previously the majority whip. Just last week the Californian said he supported Boehner, but in a recent Politico report he was named as one of the top candidates to move into the speakership.

2. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.: Along with McCarthy, the former Budget Committee chairman and 2012 Republican vice presidential nominee is rumored by Politico to be a likely pick. He is popular among the House conference and is one of the best-known Republicans in the country. Like McCarthy, he also placed his support behind Boehner just last week. But in the immediate aftermath of Boehner's announcement, Ryan told NBC news that he would not run and that "it's a good job for an empty nester." Ryan has young children.


3. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas: The chairman of the Financial Services Committee, who stepped down from his position as the fourth-ranking House Republican in January 2013, has only recently been associated with a possible run for speaker. Hensarling would command support from the powerful Texas delegation, the largest Republican state bloc in the House.

4. Tom Price, R-Ga.: The current chairman of the Budget Committee has been seen as a potential speaker since he lost out on the bid for conference chairman to Rep. Cathy McMorris-Rodgers of Washington in January 2013. His main support will come from grassroots conservatives. In 2014, he showed that he wished to remain a force in the GOP House by passing on the open Georgia Senate seat.

5. Steve Scalise, R-La.: The House majority whip has been a prominent name in the GOP since he brought calm during a rough patch for the party during the 112th Congress when a debt limit crisis caused deep divides. Likeo Price, Scalise decided to stay in power in the House instead of launching a Senate bid in 2014.

http://www.ibtimes.com/who-will-replace-john-boehner-5-potential-republican-successors-2114219
 
The odds on favorite is McCarthy and my preliminary research says he's got some good platforms but does he stand behind them. I guess we'll see.

In 2010 McCarthy signed a pledge sponsored by Americans for Prosperity promising to vote against any Global Warming legislation that would raise taxes.[27]
McCarthy does not support renewing the charter of the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., as he expects the private sector to take over the role.[28]

McCarthy is pro-life and has received a 100% rating from the National Right to Life Committee. He has voted against the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to ban abortions, to stop taxpayer funding of abortion and has also voted repeatedly to defund and repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.[29]

"As a nation founded by immigrants, we should to continue embrace the individuals who wait in line and come to the United States legally to work hard and contribute to our society. However, we should not provide any amnesty that would benefit those who defy our laws and enter the United States illegally. In order to reduce the number of illegal immigrants in our country, we must enforce the laws that already exist. In order to do this, we must secure our border by using both physical as well as electronic barriers. We should also ensure that illegal immigrants are not receiving any of the benefits that are reserved for American Citizens"
 
Coach said:
Boehner started out all right, but folded too easily and never passed bills to put on Obama's desk which would have exposed Obama in many ways. Glad to see him go.
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correct

The gutless wonder gave obama everything he wanted without a fight.

The tide is turning
 
I hope it's not Paul Ryan. Turncoat against our military. **** him.
 
Rod Farva said:
For real.....dude seems to be quite a maverick.
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Many of us on the right-wing FB pages would like to see him as President Trump's Attorney General.
 
If watched Gowdy for years. He's a former prosecutor and is absolutely tenacious. I'd love to see him as the AG.
 
Vader said:
I'd love to see him as the AG.
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He's not interested


Trey Gowdy rules out run for House Speaker

WASHINGTON

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is “not interested” in becoming the next speaker of the House, his office told McClatchy Friday.

His office said that he was not even interested in the job.

“Rep. Gowdy has said his time and attention will continue to be devoted to the work assigned to him. He is not interested in any leadership positions and believes one can have influence without the title,” said his communications director Amanda Duval

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article36549363.html
 
Spike said:
He's not interested


Trey Gowdy rules out run for House Speaker

WASHINGTON

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is “not interested” in becoming the next speaker of the House, his office told McClatchy Friday.

His office said that he was not even interested in the job.

“Rep. Gowdy has said his time and attention will continue to be devoted to the work assigned to him. He is not interested in any leadership positions and believes one can have influence without the title,” said his communications director Amanda Duval

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/congress/article36549363.html
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AG stands for Attorney General not speak of the house. He ruled out speaker of the house not AG.
 
Steelr4evr said:
About time that poser left.
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Funny that my Libtard friends and relatives on FB are all happy that "Boehner the Tea Party obstructionist" resigned.
 
Vader said:
AG stands for Attorney General not speak of the house. He ruled out speaker of the house not AG.
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He is not interested in any leadership positions
 
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