1. These people will be worthy of serious consideration come November on the left and right. I am encouraged but what happened this morning. http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Govern...House-Nearly-Kills-Omnibus-On-Procedural-Vote The final vote on Speaker John Boehner’s 1,603-page, more than $1 trillion omnibus spending bill is in jeopardy after members almost killed the bill on the rule. A total of 214 members voted for it, less than the majority of members in the House, but since all members weren't voting, the 212 against the rule wasn’t enough to kill it. Time for voting had run out minutes before, and briefly the nays—those against the rule—had the majority. At least one Republican had switched a vote from being against the rule to for it, at which time the presiding officer used procedural chicanery to quickly call the vote passed. Republican Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI), Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Dave Brat (R-VA), Mo Brooks (R-AL), Paul Broun (R-GA), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Paul Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), Walter Jones (R-NC), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Steve King (R-IA), Raul Labrador (R-ID), Tom Massie (R-KY), Bill Posey (R-FL), Matt Salmon (R-AZ) and Steve Stockman (R-TX) held the line and voted no. Rep. Kerry Bentivolio (R-MI) switched his vote from nay to yay at the last minute. If the numbers that are being reported—50 to 60, maybe more—of Republicans hold on against the final passage of the bill later in the day, and all the Democrats who opposed the rule oppose the bill, the bill would fail on final passage. It remains to be seen what will happen. The mere closeness of the vote on the rule—normally a purely procedural matter, but necessary to bring the full bill to the floor of the House—is an embarrassment to House Republican leadership, who had been triumphantly claiming for hours on Thursday they had no worries about it at all. If the Boehner omnibus is killed for good later in the day, congressional leadership is planning to change tack and move forward with a three-month stopgap spending bill, or a clean Continuing Resolution.
Good question. He seems to be subpar at most aspects of his job, such as negotiating with the president, communicating with voters and achieving consensus within his caucus. Probably he is popular with lobbyists and the party establishment. They seem him as a good guy who avoids controversy.
If the name is not on the list pending a repeal of amnesty and of Obamacare you should vote for their opponent in the primary and the general. hopefully we will primary all the current Republican who voted for Boehner's treason. If a guy like Ryan should run for higher office he should be ridiculed for throwing Tax payers and 2014 Voters over the Cliff by Republicans. He should become a Joke. Grubered Boehnered Ryaned. In fact... Primary Ryan Primary Boehner Primary Sessions should be the motto whenever they appear...
Why would you want to primary Sessions, if you mean Sen. Jeff Sessions of Alabama? He has been a one man band against amnesty. I'm sure he has taken a lot of flack from the party establishment, but he hasn't backed off an inch.
Most definitely not Senator Sessions. Thanks for pointing that out. I should have been more precise. Rules Chairman Pete Sessions http://sessions.house.gov/
He is most likely discussing Pete Sessions, who said this last week: GOP Chairman: We Should Legislate That Not One Person Is Thrown Out or Deported "During a House Rules Committee hearing on legislation to curb some of the reach in President Obama’s executive action on immigration, Chairman Pete Sessions (R-Texas) said he was working with House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) to push a bill to ensure that not one illegal is removed from the United States “unless they were dangerous to this country and committed a crime.”" http://cnsnews.com/news/article/mic...should-legislate-not-one-person-thrown-out-or