Three Booted From GOP Whip Team as Leaders Crack Down

The National Journal ^ | June 16, 2015 | Daniel Newhauser

[Timber Rattler]

House Republican leaders are cracking down on rebellious members after a near-disaster on a trade vote last week, but another imperiled rule coming to the House floor Tuesday is making it difficult to punish the members who leaders need to pass the measure.

Reps. Cynthia Lummis, Steve Pearce, and Trent Franks have been removed from the whip team after they sided with GOP rebels to vote against a rule governing debate on a trade bill, according to sources close to the team.

Lummis, a deputy whip and a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, was perhaps the whip team's highest-ranking bridge to the conference's most intransigent members. Pearce and Franks are also very close to House conservatives.

[Timber Rattler]

[mrsmith]

Been posted.
They’re debating the intel rule (with the TAA extension) now.
http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.aspx

[demkicker]

Good for the rebels! Boehner and his RINO’s on the hill need to be defeated any way possible and he needs to realize we’re sick of good old boy business as usual.

[mrs ippi]

There is a long over due schism in the party. It is time to seperate the Rinos forever in our party . I am so happy to see Trump amd hear him today. He won’t put up with Boehner/ McConnell. Karl Rove is in a melt down panic. No more bushes either.
Boehner can go straight to hell. He is a traitor to consevatives . He is despised!!

[Regulator]

So eventually it will be just Boehner and McConnell talking to each other.

These throwbacks are “leaders” in what way?

[wjcsux]

I am glad to see that Steve Pearce still has a spine. I was starting to worry about him.

[KC_Conspirator]

This vote was not even close. Why expend energy on a loser?

[Cyman]

If I was one of those very brave three I would be commissioning a banner proclaiming that fact to be hung outside my congressional office. A red badge of courage indeed!

[VRWCarea51]

Remember the Cromnibus!

Don’t turn your back on these Bastaads!

[submarine571]

I voted for Scalise. I believe he lied running as a conservative. Every day he proves, by his actions as the House Whip, that he is not a conservative, but a progressive. He does not want conservatives on the Whip committee. He wants boot licking progressive Scalise clones instead.
I will work my a$$ off to see that he is not elected again.

[mrsmith]

I liked him. He even started out good as Whip.

But he’s done nothing right since.

[submarine571]

We all liked him. It seemed at the time that almost everyone here in his district voted for him. He was pushing all the right buttons......saying all the right things.

Turns out, it seems, he is a lying progressive, rhino.

[bestintxas]

any congressman who supports terminating Boehner as Speaker will get my money

[GeronL]

“Lesser” Evil

supports

“Bigger” Evil

.......................

Why would anyone ever have thought that “lesser evil” would support not-evil

[bestintxas]

Kevin McCarthy is the same. He came in when I lived in Bakersfield and took Bill Thomas’s place when he retired.

He is no conservative.

I live in Louie Gohmert’s district now.

What a delight.

[jjotto]

Republicans who voted against Boehner for Speaker:

Justin Amash (R-Mich.)
Brian Babin (R-Texas)
Rod Blum (R-Iowa)
Dave Brat (R-Va.)
Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.)
Curt Clawson (R-Fla.)
Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.)
Jeff Duncan (R-S.C.)
Scott Garrett (R-N.J.)
Chris Gibson (R-N.Y.)
Louie Gohmert (R-Texas)
Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.)
Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.)
Walter Jones (R-N.C.)
Steve King (R-Iowa)
Thomas Massie (R-Ky.)
Mark Meadows (R-N.C.)
Richard Nugent (R-Fla.)
Gary Palmer (R-Ala.)
Bill Posey (R-Fla.)
Scott Rigell (R-Va.)
Marlin Stutzman (R-Ind.)
Randy Weber (R-Texas)
Daniel Webster (R-Fla.)
Ted Yoho (R-Fla.)