Boehner Support Remains Weak Heading into Speaker Vote
When the House of Representatives votes to select new leadership on Tuesday, Speaker John Boehner is expected to retain his post. But his support seems weak.
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Rep. Louie Gohmert: ‘I’m Putting My Name Out There’ to Oppose Boehner
Rep. Louis Gohmert is directly taking on House Speaker John Boehner. With Gohmert’s announcement, there are at least five GOP House members who will vote against Boehner on Tuesday. Republican Reps. Paul Gosar (AZ), Ted Yoho (FL), Jim Bridenstine (OK) and Thomas Massie (KY) have also called for new leadership. Gohmert is the second man to put his name forward as a possible replacement for Boehner; Yoho has done so as well.
Rep. Paul Gosar to Vote Against Boehner as Speaker on Tuesday
Rep. Paul Gosar of Arizona says he will vote against retaining John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Gosar is the fourth Republican member of Congress to declare he’ll vote against Boehner on Tuesday. Reps. Ted Yoho (FL), Jim Bridenstine (OK) and Thomas Massie (KY) have also called for new leadership. Yoho went so far as to offer himself as a possible substitute to Boehner.
Jeb Bush Resigns from Boards as Possible 2016 Presidential Bid Looms
Jeb Bush is beginning 2015 unemployed.
The former Florida governor has resigned from each of his corporate and nonprofit board memberships. He also left his own education foundation. An aide to the Republican emailed the resignation news to The Washington Post late Wednesday.
Report: Jim Webb Family Members Earned $100,000 from PAC
In recent years, the wife and daughter of former Sen. Jim Webb (D-VA) were paid roughly $100,000 by “Born Fighting PAC,” a committee Webb chaired while in Congress.
America As A Weather Machine: The New Global Warming Scare Tactic
The climate, as everyone knows, is simply too large and fluid to be controlled by a single machine. Still, you don’t have to go all the way to Pakistan to find people who think that Americans are controlling the weather.
Early GOP Poll Shows Most Voters Undecided on Presidential Nominee
In a just-released Zogby poll of likely Republican primary voters, the leader is “Other/Not Sure,” at 19 percent.
Judge Cuts Loose Gang Member Despite Threat to Cops
A union official in New York is calling on a judge to step down after she released a gang member without bail on Monday. That suspect faces seven years behind bars after allegedly posting a threat on his Facebook page to kill police.
Florida Woman Arrested for Trashing Satanic Exhibit
A Florida woman could be facing charges in the New Year after trashing a Satanic holiday exhibition in the state capitol.
Big Donors Get Big Benefits from White House, Dem Senator
Career State Department diplomats didn’t want to give Estefanía Isaías permission to come to the U.S. from Ecuador, but she’s here anyway, after the Obama administration intervened on her behalf. She’s not the first member of her family to enjoy
Racism Reaches Even The White House, Obamas Say
A modern American president lives in a bubble of security, mostly shielded from the rest of the country. But that doesn’t protect the Obamas from racism, the First Lady says in an exclusive interview with People magazine. “During that wonderfully
