Tension is mounting between House Speaker John Boehner and Rep. Jim Jordan – both of Ohio – over strategy on how to defund Planned Parenthood in the wake of revelations about the abortion giant’s organ harvesting practices.
Only one national pro-life leader is publicly taking the position that a bill to defund Planned Parenthood attached to must-pass legislation would be harmful to the pro-life cause. “[I] think Planned Parenthood is a vile organization, and I resent the fact that they get any tax money,” Tobias said. “But realistically, with President Obama in the White House holding that veto pen, I don’t know that any government shutdown could accomplish what we want. What we have to do is get a new pro-life president in, and we’d have a much better chance of actually taking away their money.”
Gun Owners of America (GOA) is supporting Representative Mark Meadows’ (R-NC-11th) efforts to oust Speaker John Boehner (R-OH-8th), citing Boehner’s willingness to let Democrats bring gun control proposals to the floor of the Republican-controlled House for a vote.
Even after the release of a tenth video further exposing Planned Parenthood’s booming business in the sale of aborted baby parts, House Republican leaders who claim to be horrified at the abortion giant’s practices are still hesitant to eliminate its federal funding from a temporary spending bill for fear of being blamed by Democrats and the liberal media for a government shutdown.
Twenty-nine Republican legislators now oppose House Speaker John Boehner’s re-election, so Breitbart News can confirm he can only continue as the leader if Democrats vote for him or if he pulls some spectacular maneuver.
A House vote to start a floor debate on the Iran nuclear deal was scheduled for Wednesday, reportedly because that many Republican members don’t want to hold the vote amid Tea Party protests and a closed-door “rebellion from rank-and-file conservatives.”
A full-scale revolt against House Speaker John Boehner—including a looming resolution that could come up for a vote at any time that would remove him from the speakership—has thrown into disarray the House GOP leadership’s previously carefully laid plans to push President Obama’s nuclear arms deal with Iran through Congress without a fight.
Texas Rep. Bill Flores fled from a press conference today instead of saying whether he would support House Speaker John Boehner in a pending leadership vote.
The House Judiciary Committee has announced that Congress will hold its first hearing on the Planned Parenthood scandal next week, following the recess. Among the witnesses to provide testimony are two women who survived abortion attempts; they will speak from first-hand experience about the horrors of the abortion industry.
Though Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Congress is without means to defund Planned Parenthood until a new president is in the White House, leading House Republicans still plan to schedule a vote to end taxpayer support for the nation’s largest abortion provider when House members return to Washington next week.
More than 70 Ohio pastors in House Speaker John Boehner’s district are begging him to transfer federal funds away from Planned Parenthood, whose leadership was recently caught on video describing their gruesome organs-for-cash business.
Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.) came on Breitbart News Sunday to discuss why he initiated a “motion to vacate the chair” aimed to oust Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) as the GOP leader in the House of Representatives.
“Going after Ted Cruz is just reflective of how he’s led in the style Obama has led, which is basically take the people who disagree with you and attack them,” Winteregg told Breitbart News about Boehner. “Sadly, he’s not someone who’s fighting against the president, he’s someone who is fighting against good conservatives like Ted Cruz.”
House Speaker John Boehner attended a Colorado fundraiser Wednesday with roughly 100 attendees, where two people are claiming Boehner referred to GOP presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) as a “jackass,” The Daily Caller reports.
As the controversy over taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood is likely to heat up when the House of Representatives’ recess ends, Speaker John Boehner’s health policy adviser – who is also the sister of Cate Dyer, CEO of StemExpress, which has partnered with Planned Parenthood – has quietly resigned from her position on Boehner’s staff.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner dismissed a move this week by a Republican member to oust him from his post as “no big deal.” But rumbles on the Right have clearly moved the Speaker off his game—his golf game.
Members on the floor of the United States House of Representatives are discussing the future of Speaker John Boehner, and the talks must be troubling to House Leadership.
StemExpress, located in Placerville, California, describes itself as “a multi-million dollar company that supplies human blood, tissue products, primary cells and other clinical specimens to biomedical researchers.” The company says it “offers the largest variety of raw material in the industry, as well as fresh, fixed and cryopreserved human primary cells.” In response to Breitbart News’ request for comment, Emily Schillinger, Boehner’s press secretary, said, “Charlotte Ivancic is a dedicated public servant who enjoys the utmost respect among her peers and Members of Congress. She has the Speaker’s complete trust and confidence in both her work and her character.”
The Associated Press reports that world powers will announce a formal deal with Iran in Vienna on Monday. Though there are still minor details to be finalized, the two diplomats who spoke to the AP confirmed that a deal will be reached, though they “cautioned that final details of the pact were still being worked out and a formal agreement still awaits a review from the capitals of the seven nations at the talks.”
“I think the chairman made the right decision. I made it clear to the members I supported that decision,” Boehner said, according to The Hill. “I’m sure the family conversation will continue.”
Even though Republicans won a majority of Congressional seats in 2014, Cruz says powerful career politicians and lobbyists make up “The Washington Cartel” because they benefit from big government at the expense of everyday Americans.
“In America, we don’t retaliate against people for expressing their views,” Rep. Buck told Breitbart News of the rumored pending punishment. “We don’t retaliate by calling a meeting with one day’s notice to remove someone from office without any explanation.”
“Our goal is to get [Trade Promotion Authority] and [Trade Adjustment Assistance] to the president’s desk this week and deliver this win for the American people,” Boehner said in a statement Tuesday morning.
At the direction of Speaker of the House John Boehner, House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Jason Chaffetz stripped North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows of his subcommittee chairmanship, just days after he broke with leadership on the House floor by voting against a party-line procedural motion.
