‘People Are Stunned’: Resolution to Oust Boehner Scrambles Party’s August Recess Plans
Photo Credit: CNN By Chad Pergram. Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sure knows how to party.
Meadows marked his 56th birthday Tuesday, by scheduling to move with his wife Debbie from one apartment to another in Washington, D.C. And somewhere in between packing dishes into corrugated boxes, Meadows filed an unprecedented resolution to oust House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio.
In a single stroke, the rebellious congressman has not only infuriated the GOP leadership but scrambled their plans of using the August recess to focus on the Iran deal and a web of other issues. Now, the House goes into recess with this debate churning, even if the push stands little chance of succeeding.
“We will be getting bogged down on who is speaker over the August recess,” seethed Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y. “We could end up like a European parliament. We should be talking about Iran. It’s terrible.”
Incidentally, the resolution also had to do with moving furniture. It seeks to compel Boehner to give up the speaker’s suite, with a parliamentary motion known as “vacating the chair.” (Read more from “‘People Are Stunned’: Resolution to Oust Boehner Scrambles Party’s August Recess Plans” HERE)
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Boehner Brushes off Conservative Effort to Oust Him
By Deirdre Walsh. House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday brushed off the effort by one House conservative to oust him as “no big deal.”
“This is one member. I’ve got broad support amongst my colleagues,” Boehner insisted at his weekly press conference.
Blindsiding fellow Republicans and House GOP leaders, conservative Rep. Mark Meadows, R-North Carolina, launched an effort on Tuesday to remove Boehner as speaker.
On Wednesday, Boehner downplayed the idea of a revolt by the right, evidenced by the resolution that would strip him of his speakership and Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell earlier this week.
“You’ve got a member here and a member there who are off the reservation — no big deal,” Boehner said. (Read more from this story HERE)
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