John Boehner Re-elected House Speaker

[Lakhota]

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday's vote saw the most votes against a sitting speaker since 1923.

Boehner received the votes of 216 House members, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes. A number of discontented Republicans, however, voted for other candidates, including Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who, with 12 votes, got the most opposition votes from the GOP.

Boehner's caucus unanimously chose him to be the speaker just after November's elections. However, the Ohio Republican soon faced a rebellion from conservative members who were angry that he pushed through a government spending bill in December that didn't extract concessions from President Barack Obama on immigration or the Affordable Care Act.

The full House of Representatives votes for the new speaker at the start of a new Congress.

The rebels were led by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), who both challenged Boehner for the speakership. They argued that the current GOP leadership had turned its back on the principles of the voters who chose to seat a Republican House and Senate for the first time in eight years. Yoho, despite his challenge to Boehner, raised money for the speaker in October.

More: John Boehner Retains Position As House Speaker Despite Some GOP Opposition

Although I'm not a Boehner fan - I'm thankful it wasn't some Tea Party lunatic.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Good for Obama. Boehner was Obama's second choice after Pelosi

 

[g5000]

The Republican Establishment may have lost a few battles with the Tea Party at the beginning of this conflict, but it won the war.

Now they can go back to being the big spending, big borrowing, big government party they were under Bush.

Too bad the Tea Party was dragged under by retards.

 

[peach174]

The Republican Establishment may have lost a few battles with the Tea Party at the beginning of this conflict, but it won the war.

Now they can go back to being the big spending, big borrowing, big government party they were under Bush.

Too bad the Tea Party was dragged under by retards.

Yeah because Boehner threated to remove those 29 votes he need from their committees if they did not vote for him.

 

[g5000]

So young!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Boehner started a war with the true base of the Republican Party.

 

[Siete]

The Republican Establishment may have lost a few battles with the Tea Party at the beginning of this conflict, but it won the war.

Now they can go back to being the big spending, big borrowing, big government party they were under Bush.

Too bad the Tea Party was dragged under by retards.

Yeah because Boehner threated to remove those 29 votes he need from their committees if they did not vote for him.

maybe he THREATED to remove the teabags stapled to those stupid ass hats Moron Inc. wears ..

I can see it now .. RINO debags teabags.

 

[Siete]

So young!

RIH

 

[mascale]

Tax Evasion, White Supremacy, and a 25 vote swing to the radical right(?)!

Anyone is reminded that even Majority Leader McConnell seems to think that the people have spoken in favor of that, with about 36% of the eligible having voted(?). It is probably better that Obama intends to listen more closely to the 64% who absolutely, defiantly, and definitely refused to vote for the GOP, and the candidates guessing at how to spell the first and last names of the President of the United States(?). These were an educated people(?)!

It looks all downhill for GOP from 82 degrees in Southern California. Governor Brown has started an unprecedented, liberal fourth term, for example. Oregon won the Rose Bowl. There are more whales seen to be migrating south, if possibly because the winter is mild in the north seas. The liberal agenda is likely to gain popularity, month after month.

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Great Spirit so far has blessed the land of Surf and Sun with 5 times the amount of rainfall, this year over last. Golf is good, again!)

 

[Siete]

Tax Evasion, White Supremacy, and a 25 vote swing to the radical right(?)!

Anyone is reminded that even Majority Leader McConnell seems to think that the people have spoken in favor of that, with about 36% of the eligible having voted(?). It is probably better that Obama intends to listen more closely to the 64% who absolutely, defiantly, and definitely refused to vote for the GOP, and the candidates guessing at how to spell the first and last names of the President of the United States(?). These were an educated people(?)!

It looks all downhill for GOP from 82 degrees in Southern California. Governor Brown has started an unprecedented, liberal fourth term, for example. Oregon won the Rose Bowl. There are more whales seen to be migrating south, if possibly because the winter is mild in the north seas. The liberal agenda is likely to gain popularity, month after month.

"Crow, James Crow: Shaken, Not Stirred!"
(Great Spirit so far has blessed the land of Surf and Sun with 5 times the amount of rainfall, this year over last. Golf is good, again!)

and Alaska legalized pot, and Florida almost did ....

 

[mudwhistle]

Boner sucks.

 

[Dana7360]

The Republican Establishment may have lost a few battles with the Tea Party at the beginning of this conflict, but it won the war.

Now they can go back to being the big spending, big borrowing, big government party they were under Bush.

Too bad the Tea Party was dragged under by retards.

Yeah because Boehner threated to remove those 29 votes he need from their committees if they did not vote for him.

So their need for power on a committee was more important to them than their beliefs in what government should be? They are ok with voting for someone into a position they don't believe the person should have just to preserve their own positions?

That doesn't sound like a very strong belief to me. It sounds like those 29 people care more about themselves than anything else.

 

[Toro]

I can't believe the birfers didn't win.

 

[Lakhota]

I was really rooting for Gomer.

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday's vote saw the most votes against a sitting speaker since 1923.

Boehner received the votes of 216 House members, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes. A number of discontented Republicans, however, voted for other candidates, including Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who, with 12 votes, got the most opposition votes from the GOP.

Boehner's caucus unanimously chose him to be the speaker just after November's elections. However, the Ohio Republican soon faced a rebellion from conservative members who were angry that he pushed through a government spending bill in December that didn't extract concessions from President Barack Obama on immigration or the Affordable Care Act.

The full House of Representatives votes for the new speaker at the start of a new Congress.

The rebels were led by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), who both challenged Boehner for the speakership. They argued that the current GOP leadership had turned its back on the principles of the voters who chose to seat a Republican House and Senate for the first time in eight years. Yoho, despite his challenge to Boehner, raised money for the speaker in October.

More: John Boehner Retains Position As House Speaker Despite Some GOP Opposition

Although I'm not a Boehner fan - I'm thankful it wasn't some Tea Party lunatic.

Seven years after Bush and the Republicans put us in the deepest hole since 1934 stupid Americans put them back into majority. Fucking amazing.

 

[kaz]

I can't believe the birfers didn't win.

You lost me on that one

 

[NoTeaPartyPleez]

So young!

So true. I wish I could figure out a way to change my screen name. It's so outdated now.

 

[kiwiman127]

Boehner started a war with the true base of the Republican Party.

No, the Tea Party is becoming a small player. It's favorability has dropped like a rock. And the Establishment GOP did quite well in the fall elections in big part because they recruited moderate candidates.

 

[AceRothstein]

The teatard dream of a loon speaker is dead.

 

[mudwhistle]

WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday's vote saw the most votes against a sitting speaker since 1923.

Boehner received the votes of 216 House members, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes. A number of discontented Republicans, however, voted for other candidates, including Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who, with 12 votes, got the most opposition votes from the GOP.

Boehner's caucus unanimously chose him to be the speaker just after November's elections. However, the Ohio Republican soon faced a rebellion from conservative members who were angry that he pushed through a government spending bill in December that didn't extract concessions from President Barack Obama on immigration or the Affordable Care Act.

The full House of Representatives votes for the new speaker at the start of a new Congress.

The rebels were led by Reps. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) and Ted Yoho (R-Fla.), who both challenged Boehner for the speakership. They argued that the current GOP leadership had turned its back on the principles of the voters who chose to seat a Republican House and Senate for the first time in eight years. Yoho, despite his challenge to Boehner, raised money for the speaker in October.

More: John Boehner Retains Position As House Speaker Despite Some GOP Opposition

Although I'm not a Boehner fan - I'm thankful it wasn't some Tea Party lunatic.

Seven years after Bush and the Republicans put us in the deepest hole since 1934 stupid Americans put them back into majority. Fucking amazing.

And Obama dug a deeper hole.

Btw, you do know the Democraps helped dig the first hole, right?