Several conservative House Republican members are contemplating a plan to unseat Speaker John Boehner from his position on January 3, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Staffers have compiled a detailed action plan that, if executed, could make this a reality.
After House Speaker John Boehner failed to get enough Republicans to support his “Plan B” proposal on Thursday and was forced to pull the bill, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle openly expressed that they had no idea if
Deputy Secretary Nides told Congress yesterday that he didn’t have any idea who changed the talking points that were given to Susan Rice to take out the words “Al Qaeda” and “terrorism” but that he believed the inter-agencies were operating
When the NRA’s Wayne LaPierre broke that organization’s week-long silence to speak about serious steps that can be taken to prevent another Sandy Hook Elementary shooting from happening, he not only put forth a plan but said the NRA is
On Friday, the morning after House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) could not get enough Republican votes to pass his “Plan B” proposal to raise the marginal tax rate on those making over $1 million, Boehner said Republicans who would not vote for
After a week of silence, the head of the NRA made his first public statement since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut. He proposed placing an armed police officer in every public school in response to the tragedy.
Conservative group American Majority Action (AMA) has called on House Speaker John Boehner to resign his position after canceling his “Plan B” vote on Thursday. AMA president and CEO Ned Ryun made the call in a Friday morning statement: Speaker
Early last Wednesday morning, soon after John Boehner’s “Plan B” had emerged on the scene, a group of conservative leaders, organized in a group called the Conservative Action Project and chaired by former Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese, met with
To fully appreciate the strategic miscalculation House GOP Leadership made last night, consider this: rank-and-file Republicans were being asked to vote to increase tax rates for a deal that had no chance of passing. Obama had promised to veto the
On Thursday, Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) said if the federal government adopts, as part of a deal to avert the fiscal cliff, the chained consumer price index to determine future cost-of-living adjustment increases to Social Security payments, seniors would be forced to
The House GOP Conference called Speaker Boehner’s bluff. Boehner had entered the “fiscal cliff” negotiations as a one-man show, offering up concessions on bedrock conservative principles on behalf of his entire conference. Forgetting that any offer he made needed the
On Thursday, the House narrowly passed a bill that would “replace the pending defense sequester” with cuts to entitlements and social programs as a “backstop” in case the fiscal cliff is not averted. The bill passed by six votes, 215-209,
With the defeat of Plan B and the passage of a sequester replacement bill, as well as a $633 billion defense policy bill, the House has adjourned. Tonight, the House Majority Leader’s office announced that the House concluded legislative business
Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) told members of his own conference on Thursday night that there were not enough votes among the party that would support passage of Boehner’s tax proposal known as “Plan B.” Boehner’s office
With the obvious breakdown in talks between President Obama and Republicans on the “fiscal cliff”, Speaker Boehner is moving forward today with his “Plan B.” The House will vote today on two pieces of legislation: one to extend Bush-era tax
(AP) Gun laws show difficulty of stemming violent actsBy JULIE PACE and ALICIA A. CALDWELLAssociated PressWASHINGTONOne early focus of new gun regulations by President Barack Obama and some lawmakers would reinstate a federal ban on assault weapons, a law widely
More proof of just how damaged the GOP Brand is: Fifty-three percent of those surveyed say they view the policies of the GOP as too extreme, up 17 points from two years ago. Only 37% say they view the polices of
Congressman Louie Gohmert (R – TX) gave remarks on the House floor Wednesday evening and read an October 2010 interview with then House Minority Leader John Boehner (R – OH) by National Journal’s Major Garrett. The article was written eight days
When asked by Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC whether the problem of gun violence was all about guns or if there were other issues, such as mental health, Rep. John Lewis of Georgia, who was a black civil rights activist in
By DONNA CASSATAAssociated PressWASHINGTONThe chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee _ and possibly the next secretary of state _ says mistakes were made at the State Department in the deadly Sept. 11 assault in Libya, but Congress shares some
It’s not often that Florida Democratic Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee, agrees with conservative leaders – but when it comes to whether to describe House Speaker John Boehner’s “Plan B” proposal as a “tax
On Wednesday, the conservative ForAmerica political organization and other groups threatened House Republicans who are considering voting in favor of House Speaker John Boehner’s tax-hiking “Plan B” fiscal proposal not to do so. ForAmerica chairman Brent Bozell told reporters at
(AFP) Clint Eastwood cop drama “Dirty Harry,” sci-fi epic “The Matrix” and timeless romantic comedy “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” are among 25 films being added to the US National Film Registry. “The Times of Harvey Milk,” a 1984 documentary about the
The refusal by a majority of states to set up state-based exchanges could neuter some important aspects of Obamacare and make it more difficult for the federal government to actually implement the law. On December 12th, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett,
In the immediate aftermath of Friday’s terrible tragedy in Connecticut, there have been the predictable calls to enact new gun control legislation. The usual proponents of additional restrictions on guns have filled the airwaves with calls for immediate legislative action.
