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House Freedom Caucus Not Calling on Paul Ryan to Stop Debt Deal

In an in-depth sit-down with Breitbart News, House Freedom Caucus Chairman Jim Jordan said that his group would not be calling on House Speaker candidate Paul Ryan to delay the debt limit deal until a better one can be negotiated. If such a demand were made, Boehner would likely have to pull the deal.

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John Boehner’s Huge Unpopularity Forces His Resignation

On Friday, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) told GOP legislators he will resign in October. Boehner’s decision was likely prompted by at least 30 House Republicans who had threatened a no-confidence vote, which would leave Boehner in the uncomfortable position of needing Democratic votes to remain in his position.

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Rep. Meadows Commends Boehner’s Service, Calls on GOP to Hear American People

Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the lawmaker who challenged House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) leadership in July, commended the now-outgoing leader for his service in the House and called for the GOP to hear the American people. “Speaker Boehner has served honorably during a difficult time for Republicans when the threat of a veto from the White House constantly impedes our legislative agenda,” Meadows said in a statement Friday.

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Citizens United President: Boehner ‘Saw the Writing on the Wall’

“John Boehner has served admirably in the House of Representatives for 25 years or more and has been a pivotal person serving from the time of Newt Gingrich’s revolution until today. I believe that he saw the writing on the wall,” David Bossie of Citizens United told Breitbart News in an interview after the news broke Friday morning that Boehner (R-OH) will resign from Congress at the end of October.

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Exclusive — Meadows: Boehner Must Really Defund Planned Parenthood, Not Pretend To Defund It

In an exclusive interview with Breitbart News here in his North Carolina district, Rep. Mark Meadows made extraordinary clear what Boehner would be supporting if he doesn’t fully defund Planned Parenthood as part of the must-pass government funding legislation. If Boehner uses tax dollars to keep funding Planned Parenthood, Meadows says, he will be publicly supporting that organization’s activities including its selling of aborted baby body parts to the highest bidder.

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Exclusive — Behind the Scenes with John Boehner’s Worst Nightmare: Mark Meadows Launches Mission to Fix Broken Congress

MORGANTON, North Carolina — Speaker John Boehner’s worst nightmare is on the rise here in rural North Carolina. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) is gaining steam as a clearly coordinated, highly orchestrated effort to remove Boehner as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives—and fix a broken Congress that no longer represents the wishes of the American people—comes into much clearer focus.

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Exclusive–John Boehner Embarrassed: His Whip Team Couldn’t Find Votes to Reelect Him Speaker Last Week

House Speaker John Boehner had been planning to call up on the House floor last week a measure from Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) that would have removed him as Speaker of the House if it succeeded—intending to embarrass Meadows—but abandoned the plan after his entire leadership structure learned that they did not have the votes to re-elect him as Speaker before the August recess.

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Boehner: Meadows’ Motion Not Deserving Of A Vote

“Listen you’ve got a member here and a member their who are off the reservation, no big deal,” Boehner told reporters in response to questions about recent conservative attacks on House and Senate leadership. Tuesday evening Meadows introduced a motion to vacate the chair in an act of defiance against Boehner’s leadership.

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It’s On: Rep. Mark Meadows Makes Move To Unseat John Boehner As Speaker Immediately

This move comes after Speaker Boehner’s leadership team unsuccessfully attempted retaliation against Meadows for opposing Obamatrade. They had tried to pull a subcommittee chairmanship from Meadows—and did so, but then reversed themselves under enormous pressure from the GOP conference and the American people, turning Meadows into a conservative movement hero of sorts.

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Mark Meadows Reinstated as Subcommittee Chair

In a reversal from last week, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) has returned the chairmanship of the Government Operations Subcommittee to Rep. Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC).