
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.
by Julia Hahn28 Oct 2015, 12:43 PM PST0

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) has confirmed to Breitbart News through a spokeswoman that he is running for Speaker of the House against Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI).
by Matthew Boyle26 Oct 2015, 9:58 PM PST0

Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) argued it wouldn’t be his job as speaker to drive his “personal agenda” through the House and declined to give Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) a specific grade on Tuesday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Chaffetz, when asked
by Ian Hanchett6 Oct 2015, 9:43 PM PST0

Republicans in the North Carolina General Assembly are rallying around Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), the conservative member of the U.S. House who led the charge for new leadership in Congress—a charge that ultimately led to Speaker John Boehner’s forthcoming resignation from Congress.
by Matthew Boyle6 Oct 2015, 1:30 PM PST0

Over the weekend, Breitbart News sat down with Gun Owners of America’s Larry Pratt to ask his opinion on House Speaker John Boehner’s plans to resign, and Pratt said he was thrilled with the news. He said he also hopes Boehner is not alone among Republicans when he packs his bags to leave the Capitol for good.
by AWR Hawkins28 Sep 2015, 5:35 PM PST0

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.
by William Bigelow26 Sep 2015, 8:11 PM PST0

Outgoing Speaker of the House John Boehner says he’s not being pushed out of the job he’s held for five years.
by Michael Patrick Leahy25 Sep 2015, 6:06 PM PST0

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.
by Caroline May25 Sep 2015, 8:09 AM PST0

Rep .Meadows Thanks Speaker John Boehner, Urges Next Leader To Aid Conservatives
by Neil Munro25 Sep 2015, 8:08 AM PST0

“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.
by Alex Swoyer25 Sep 2015, 7:52 AM PST0

House Speaker John Boehner still won’t be able to win reelection without Democratic votes, Breitbart News has learned, and he has abandoned yet another plan to try to embarrass conservatives seeking his ouster, which he was going to move forward with on Friday.
by Matthew Boyle24 Sep 2015, 6:29 PM PST0

SIMI VALLEY, California — Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) told Breitbart News here at the 2016 GOP presidential debate that House Democrats will not bail out Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) if conservatives make a move to remove him as Speaker of the House.
by Matthew Boyle16 Sep 2015, 3:43 PM PST0

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.
by Matthew Boyle15 Sep 2015, 11:40 AM PST0

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.
by Matthew Boyle14 Sep 2015, 1:16 PM PST0

In a sign of the intensified opposition swelling against House Speaker John Boehner, the United Kentucky Tea Party penned an open letter to four Republican Kentucky Congressmen expressing their hope that the Congressmen join Rep. Mark Meadows in his effort to oust Boehner.
by Julia Hahn9 Sep 2015, 3:21 PM PST0

Conservatives in the House Freedom Caucus have a strategy to actually kill President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran—rather than “play fight” against it, as GOP leadership wants to do.
by Matthew Boyle9 Sep 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-SC), one of the 28 Republicans who publicly supports replacing House Speaker John Boehner with a Republican alternative, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that Boehner does not have enough support within the Republican conference to win re-election with just Republican votes.
by Matthew Boyle8 Sep 2015, 6:02 PM PST0

Politico’s Jake Sherman is now discovering that House Speaker John Boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his powerful post.
by Matthew Boyle8 Sep 2015, 8:34 AM PST0

MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina, the former CEO of Hewlett-Packard, told Breitbart News exclusively here on Sunday that she believes House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell should be removed from their positions
by Matthew Boyle7 Sep 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

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.
by Matthew Boyle5 Sep 2015, 2:26 PM PST0

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.
by Matthew Boyle2 Aug 2015, 3:00 PM PST0

“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.
by Caroline May29 Jul 2015, 12:05 PM PST0

FreedomWorks, an organization that promotes individual liberty and less government, is supporting Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), who is calling to remove Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) from his position as Speaker of the House.
by Alex Swoyer28 Jul 2015, 4:40 PM PST0

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.
by Matthew Boyle28 Jul 2015, 3:25 PM PST0

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).
by Caroline May25 Jun 2015, 9:25 AM PST0