[Errant]

"It was Speaker John Boehner who ultimately saved it, giving the amendment the green light after discussing it for the first time with Amash on the House floor on Monday night — minutes before the Rules Committee had been slated to kill it.

Boehner never told Amash why he would give the Michigan Republican, of all people, the privilege of the vote. Amash had helped lead a failed coup attempt against the speaker in January, and Boehner was so deeply opposed to the amendment he took the rare step of voting against it. (By tradition, the speaker doesn’t usually vote.)"

[OneWingedShark]

Hm, makes you think that this vote has/had a lot of things going on under the surface.

[KarlInOhio]

My bet is that Boehner knew he had enough people to vote against it so that it would fail, but was able to allow some Republicans to vote for it so they could brag in their home districts. A vote that close doesn't come to the floor unless the results were as preplanned as a pro wrestling match.

If a lot of Republicans refused to tell Boehner how they would vote, there wouldn't have been a vote.

[Timber Rattler]

Cantor is no better than Pelosi. He’s a liar and a statist.

[PGR88]

Let’s hope someone does a similar raid on the Federal Reserve.

Want to destroy the leftist / progressive agenda with one fell swoop? Shut down the Federal Reserve.

[Gene Eric]

See, it’s not about the NSA, but about our “representatives”.

[Jeff Head]

We need to send A LOT of these people home in favor of reps who will uphold their oath to the Constitution and to the party, or to personality, or to what someone thinks is best for us.

THE NSA AND PRISM

Interview with a former Director in the NSA over the full extents of PRISM

[neverdem]

BTTT!