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Boehner overcomes big opposition to remain Speaker
Washington (CNN)John Boehner was elected to a third term as Speaker of the House of Representatives on Tuesday after a tense floor vote that saw a remarkably large chunk of his own party attempt to remove him.
Opposition to Boehner doubled from the last election for Speaker in 2013, when a dozen Republicans voted against him. He ultimately received 216 votes, enough to fend off an embarrassing vote on a second ballot but plenty to reinforce the notion that Boehner is struggling to maintain control over restive House Republicans.
The dramatic scene played out before live television cameras, as members were called upon one-by-one to stand and name who they were backing to serve as the next Speaker.
Despite the opposition facing him, Boehner was greeted by a standing ovation after he was nominated by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Tuesday and his wife, Debbie, watched the floor action from the Speaker's box.
Shortly after winning his spot Tuesday afternoon, an emotional Boehner called improving the economy and creating more opportunities for the middle class "our vital task."
"We'll begin on common ground," Boehner said, adding later "All I ask is that we disagree without being disagreeable."
He joked that his door is always open, but "don't get carried away with it."
Boehner begins the 114th Congress with a new Republican controlled Senate and big plans to enact a conservative agenda. President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leadership next week.
But the contentious election just to secure Boehner's job is a sign that the same dynamic he's seen in the last four years- resistance from conservatives - will continue to hamper his ability to govern the House.
The Speaker began reaching out to members the day after the midterm elections, and he and his allies continued to make calls and appeals for support right up until the vote on Tuesday afternoon, according to a senior House GOP leadership aide. As the top fundraiser for his party he raised over $100 million for GOP members and candidates and traveled to more than 150 events over the 2014 midterm cycle.
But Boehner's time and effort on behalf of other Republicans didn't automatically earn him another term in the Speaker's chair.
Incoming freshman GOP Rep Lee Zeldin, of New York, who Boehner stumped for shortly before his election, told CNN hours before the vote he was still keeping his options open. He noted that since the roll call would be alphabetical he would be one of the last to cast his ballot.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote/index.html
Opposition to Boehner doubled from the last election for Speaker in 2013, when a dozen Republicans voted against him. He ultimately received 216 votes, enough to fend off an embarrassing vote on a second ballot but plenty to reinforce the notion that Boehner is struggling to maintain control over restive House Republicans.
The dramatic scene played out before live television cameras, as members were called upon one-by-one to stand and name who they were backing to serve as the next Speaker.
Despite the opposition facing him, Boehner was greeted by a standing ovation after he was nominated by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers on Tuesday and his wife, Debbie, watched the floor action from the Speaker's box.
Shortly after winning his spot Tuesday afternoon, an emotional Boehner called improving the economy and creating more opportunities for the middle class "our vital task."
"We'll begin on common ground," Boehner said, adding later "All I ask is that we disagree without being disagreeable."
He joked that his door is always open, but "don't get carried away with it."
Boehner begins the 114th Congress with a new Republican controlled Senate and big plans to enact a conservative agenda. President Barack Obama will meet with congressional leadership next week.
But the contentious election just to secure Boehner's job is a sign that the same dynamic he's seen in the last four years- resistance from conservatives - will continue to hamper his ability to govern the House.
The Speaker began reaching out to members the day after the midterm elections, and he and his allies continued to make calls and appeals for support right up until the vote on Tuesday afternoon, according to a senior House GOP leadership aide. As the top fundraiser for his party he raised over $100 million for GOP members and candidates and traveled to more than 150 events over the 2014 midterm cycle.
But Boehner's time and effort on behalf of other Republicans didn't automatically earn him another term in the Speaker's chair.
Incoming freshman GOP Rep Lee Zeldin, of New York, who Boehner stumped for shortly before his election, told CNN hours before the vote he was still keeping his options open. He noted that since the roll call would be alphabetical he would be one of the last to cast his ballot.
SOURCE: http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/06/politics/house-speaker-boehner-vote/index.html
That is why we need a CC, so that can be put in. Without it Congress will never give themselves term limits
Term-Limits for EVERYONE.
If WE elect people into the House and Senate, should We not also elect who the leaders are? I am so tired of Boehner, Reid, Pelosi, McConnell...time for a change. Not the change Obama promised but a real change starting with a Constitutional Convention.
Darth Boehner...
I was hoping he wouldn't be re-elected, too, but maybe since his opposition doubled, he'll get the message that he better change his ways or he might be given the boot...
What are we going to have to do? Send a delegation to Washington and spell it out for those knuckleheads that we don't want more of the same old, same old?
Not that I like the tea partiers either... can't we just get some people in the middle that are "for the people", with nothing outlandish either way?
What are we going to have to do? Send a delegation to Washington and spell it out for those knuckleheads that we don't want more of the same old, same old?
Not that I like the tea partiers either... can't we just get some people in the middle that are "for the people", with nothing outlandish either way?
I am so mad about this, he better nut up and get something done. Really tired of the same old same old in Washington.
Agreed.... BOHICA
Congressional Republicans are a bunch of weenies.
I cannot believe the re-elected this idiot.
The whole reason the country swung to the Right in the mid-terms, was because we wanted a CHANGE in leadership.
And now we go and do the same old b/s, and keep the status-quo at the top?!?
I'm surprised, really I am.
I really thought that things would change.
Looks like we're in for another 4-years of the "Do NOTHING" Congress we've all come to know and love.
I cannot believe the re-elected this idiot.
The whole reason the country swung to the Right in the mid-terms, was because we wanted a CHANGE in leadership.
And now we go and do the same old b/s, and keep the status-quo at the top?!?
I'm surprised, really I am.
I really thought that things would change.
Looks like we're in for another 4-years of the "Do NOTHING" Congress we've all come to know and love.
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