Tag: Tim Huelskamp

UPDATE: Boehner told the Capitol Hill press, “The House did not take up the tax measure today because it did not have sufficient support from our members to pass.  Now it is up to the president to work with Senator Reid

Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp told Breitbart News he’s seriously concerned about Boehner’s fiscal cliff “plan B.” Huelskamp, a freshman, is emerging as a conservative leader after House Speaker John Boehner purged him from two fiscally focused committees. Boehner’s plan, a

Did House Speaker John Boehner lie to the American people during a Thursday morning press conference when he denied the existence of a secret spreadsheet scorecard list allegedly involved in his purge of conservatives from House committee leadership positions? Breitbart

House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy blew off a scheduled meeting with the conservative Republican Study Committee (RSC) on Wednesday. At the meeting, McCarthy was going to explain the secret criteria list, including a voting scorecard, that he created for House

Conservatives in the House Republican conference are becoming more and more upset with House Speaker John Boehner’s purge of more conservative members from their committee assignments, Breitbart News has learned. While many won’t go as far as purged conservative Kansas

Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KS), a victim of Speaker John Boehner’s purge of conservatives from leadership positions in the House, said there’s definitely a possibility, depending on what happens during these fiscal cliff negotiations, that enough conservative members of the House

According to Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp, who was purged from a House committee leadership position, House Speaker John Boehner admitted by careful wording late on Monday that he and House GOP leadership did indeed use a secret list of

After a close election in which the seats of power remained the same, President Obama is trying to claim a mandate for tax hikes, increased spending, and executive power grabs. There is no such mandate.   His first offer in the

Club for Growth spokesman Barney Keller told Breitbart News that he thinks the House GOP leadership’s purge of conservatives from powerful House committees could backfire on Speaker John Boehner, Majority Leader Eric Cantor and Whip Kevin McCarthy. That’s because Keller

House Republican leaders used a secret criteria list to decide which conservatives to purge from powerful House committees, Breitbart News has learned. As this time, it appears they will keep the criteria list hidden from the public, too. Spokespeople for

UPDATE:  Boehner Spokesman Kevin Smith responds- “The Steering Committee makes decisions based on a range of factors.” House Speaker John Boehner and GOP leadership have removed several conservative House members from their respective powerful committee positions, Breitbart News has learned.

While several House Republicans have publicly stated they’ll break a promise to not raise taxes amid the fiscal cliff negotiations, Kansas Republican Rep. Tim Huelskamp has a different idea. He wants Republicans to join him in proclaiming reaffirmed commitments to

In the coming conflict over whether to raise the debt limit, Wall Street and some businesses worried that the looming “fiscal cliff” will jeopardize markets are facing off against Republicans who prefer to keep the debt limit in place so that the