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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It has to be said and hopefully it will be heard.
ReplyDeleteYes, hopefully.
DeleteI have not seen Boehner publicly crying as much as he use to. He must have
ReplyDeletefound the right match in medication but the meds seemed to have changed
his American values. What a turncoat. Hope to see him gone.
Hope to see him gone.
DeleteHear! Hear! Should have been removed the last time.