CONGRESS RE-ELECTS JOHN BOEHNER AS HOUSE SPEAKER!!!

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CONGRESS RE-ELECTS JOHN BOEHNER AS HOUSE SPEAKER [link to read.bi]

I did not see that coming...

The 113th Congress convened for the first time Thursday, and re-elected John Boehner as House Speaker, putting a rest to rumors that the Ohio Republican's position was in jeopardy.

But Boehner begins the new session of Congress more vulnerable than he has been at any other point in his speakership.

Some GOP sources on the Hill had even speculated that there could be be a rare second ballot for Speaker, in the event that 16 conservative Republicans vote against Boehner.

Here's our updates from the vote:

UPDATE 1:

Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), one of the four congressmen "purged" by Boehner, just voted for Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) as speaker.

UPDATE 2:

Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) just voted for Cantor.

UPDATE 3:

Tea Party favorite Allen West, who lost his reelection to Congress, just got a vote for Speaker.

UPDATE 4:

Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN) votes for Colin Powell. That's the second Democrat to defect from Pelosi.

UPDATE 5:

Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) gives Allen West his second vote for speaker. Rep. Scott Garrett (R-N.J.) abstained.

UPDATE 6:

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), another purged congressman, votes for Rep. Jim Jordan, the head of the Republican Study Committee.

UPDATE 7:

Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) votes for David Jones, the former GAO comptroller. Yes, that's pretty random.

UPDATE 8:

Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) abstains. That's four Republican abstentions and six defections from Boehner.

UPDATE 9:

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) votes Amash for Speaker. Both Massie and Amash are acolytes of retired Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX).

Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC) a Blue Dog Democrat, defected from Pelosi.

UPDATE 9:

There are now 16 Republican votes against Boehner — 8 defections and 8 abstentions. Absentions do not necessarily hurt Boehner however — the speaker needs an absolute majority of votes cast.

UPDATE 10:

Rep. Ted Yoho, a freshman Republican from Florida, votes Cantor for Speaker.

UPDATE 11:

Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MI), who abstained from voting earlier, votes for Boehner.


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YES!!! MORE OF THE SAME OLD STUPID HUMAN TRICKS TO COME!!

BOEHNER FENDS OFF CHALLENGE

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WooT!

Oh god. Please tell me we don't have to watch him cry again....

good decision for a change- not an obam type change either.

I'd rather him then pisslowsi.

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Boehner Reelected As Speaker Of 113th Congress [link to www.zerohedge.com] …

okay

They kept the spineless bastard. I'm done with the party...

So he's the third in line for the presidency?

He might as well join the Democratic party. He votes with them most of the time. He's too buddy buddy with Obama. He didn't do a thing to support Romney...in my opinion they should of gotten rid of him.

Last Edited by CuriosityCat1 on 01/03/2013 02:03 PM

Boehner pandered to Obama.

Here ya go Boehner for selling us all out on the "fiscal cliff" B.S

This

They can both go straight to hell hand-in-hand,...imo.





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This is the guy who will lead the Republicans to Party suicide. He wants amnesty for illegal aliens. If that passes, it will give us basically one-party rule.

I feel pretty much the same way. You describe him perfectly

That's the plan

yee haw ya'll nice to hear the sound of waking up out there! Job well done and welcome home

He's crying?

He's an emotional lush!

Why, are you afraid of human emotion?

Oh no, human emotion. What is the world coming too?

There is human emotion, and there are blubbering idiots. He is the latter...

Ted Yoho, good first vote.

I think it's great to show emotion...but when you can't complete a sentence without crying something is rotten in Denmark