Posted on 01/07/2015 8:29:23 AM PST by maggief
Speaker of the House John Boehner acknowledged Wednesday that he punished two Republicans who opposed his re-election by stripping them of committee assignments.
Reps. Daniel Webster and Richard Nugent, both Republicans, lost their seats on the House Rules Committee hours after voting for someone else for speaker on Tuesday. In total, 25 Republicans voted against Boehner.
“Because of some of the activities on the floor,” Boehner explained in a Wednesday news conference, “two of our members weren’t put back on the committee immediately.”
Referencing the vote, Boehner said he plans to talk to his members about how to unify as the new session of Congress heats up.
“We’re going to have a family conversation,” Boehner said. “Which we had this morning about bringing our team together. And I expect that those conversations over the next couple of days will continue.”
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
My “Representative” Raul Labrador ran like a gutless wonder. He’s done. I hope he reads this.
Bonehead does not “talk” to members, he threatens them.
If Boehner was this tough with Obama and the Democrats he wouldn’t have a problem with his own party.
It’s like the GOP-e is actively chasing away anyone with a passion for Republican principals.
Is that what they really want, to demoralize the base?
Here in CA I have nothing to vote for, no one to vote for.
When do I call it quits?
Is there a reason I should not give up?
” Speaker of the House John Boehner acknowledged Wednesday that he punished two Republicans who opposed his re-election by stripping them of committee assignments.”
The Drunk is now so cocky, he doesn’t even bother to hide the agenda.
All of America are being duped into believing there are two sides, and that's far
from reality in DC.
Don't give up though, our founders predicted these events in the Federalist papers.
Which is why they set up process' and made the two most important amendments 1st and 2nd.
This has come down to defensive positions that must be taken by individual states, to
fight back the Federal enemies of our nation.
One doesn’t create unity by “revenge”!!! Quite the opposite..
Wasn’t he just quoted as saying he would not punish anyone?
Whoops my bad, it was his spokesman, Michael Steele
via email the Daily Caller:
“....Asked last week if any Republicans who voted against Boehner would be punished, spokesman Michael Steel told The Daily Caller by email: “Boehner has said publicly that there will be no retribution for ‘no’ votes.””
http://dailycaller.com/2015/01/06/boehner-moves-to-punish-dissenters-despite-no-retribution-pledge/
Stripping of committee assignments.
Extortion is a handy game when your in power.
“Conservatives - shut up and keep voting for us liberals.”
Nothing's changed. He is still owned by the left. He will cause everyone who voted for him to regret it.
Do you contribute extra to cover the cost of repeat wasted bandwidth?
I think he takes his marching orders from here:
http://bipartisanpolicy.org/about/leadership/
... in return he is the A-list House partier-in-chief.
Rebecca Tallent, his amnesty architect, and Brett Loper, former deputy chief of staff, both worked or now work for the ‘bipartisan think tank’.
ping
Among their Senior Fellows:
Trent Lott
Bill Frist
Olympia Snowe
John C Danforth
And that is just highlighting a few GOP members. The dems are just as bad.
All making sense now.
Bipartisan Policy Center- where DC’s elite go to rule.
The rasta cheeto can pound sand.
I sure do ...
Maybe we should be sending our favorite RINOs exercise bands for gifts.
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