Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) said the demands that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is making before running for Speaker of the House are “unreasonable,” while Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID) said one of his demands is a “non-starter.”
After meeting with House Republicans this evening, Rep. Paul Ryan admitted during a press conference that he was willing to run for Speaker of the House–but only if they met a list of demands of what it would take to get him to run.
Paul Ryan was meeting with the House Freedom Caucus at their request, his spokesman said.
“If [Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell] doesn’t really want to do his job” when it comes to budgeting, “he should just quit and go home,” South Carolina Republican Rep. Mick Mulvaney says. “If he’s going to make it where the president gets to run the country unless the Congress disapproves something? That’s a joke. So no, I hope it doesn’t come to that.”
Rep. Bill Flores (R-TX) circulated a letter Monday saying that if Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) stays out of the race for Speaker of the House, Flores will throw his own name in the hat, according to CNN.
Jenny Beth Martin of Tea Party Patriots is out with a blistering statement urging House Republicans to hold the line in the Speakership battles and not accept House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as the next Speaker of the House.
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump took up for the Tea Party to a Left-leaning crowd at the No Labels Convention in New Hampshire Monday morning.
Conservative author and activist Daniel Horowitz said that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) would be the “worst option” for Speaker of the House. “Paul Ryan is the absolute worst option,” Horowitz professed. “In this case [‘worst’] really applies.”
Several Republicans who aren’t as closely associated with outgoing House Speaker John Boehner as House Ways and Means Committee chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) are considering running for Speaker as Ryan’s nascent campaign is crumbling before it even begins.
New York Times columnist David Brooks blasted the Tea Party and the House Freedom Caucus for a lack of belief in democracy, making people be “anti-conservative” to get elected, and having a “mental problem” on Friday’s “PBS NewsHour.” Brooks said of
Representative Peter King (R-NY) said that he doesn’t consider members of the House Freedom Caucus conservatives, and said them withholding votes from Kevin McCarthy is “the stuff that goes on in banana republics” on Thursday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room.”
The Fox News Channel’s “Shepard Smith Reporting” host Shepard Smith argued the Freedom Caucus “demands” Washington grind to a halt and wants “disarray” while discussing House Majority Leader Representative Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pulling out of the race to become House speaker
he House Freedom Caucus said it was “surprised” by Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s dropping out of the race for Speaker of the House, but respects his decision.
The House Freedom Caucus – a group of constitutional conservative Congressmen – announced Wednesday evening that it will support Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL) for Speaker of the House, to replace John Boehner at the end of the month.
Conservatives in the House of Representatives believe a bloc vote will help influence who will be the next Speaker of the House, so members of the House Freedom Caucus will meet Wednesday afternoon to debate which member – Rep. Kevin McCarthy, Rep. Daniel Webster, or Rep. Jason Chaffetz – they should support for Speaker.
As many as 80 conservative Republicans will meet with and vet candidates for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, four separate private groups of members announced on Thursday.
There is going to be a race for Speaker of the House, Breitbart News has learned, and current House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will not be a shoo-in to replace outgoing Speaker John Boehner.
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.
On Wednesday, Congressman Tom McClintock (R-CA) announced his resignation from the conservative House Freedom Caucus (HFC) over threats of a government shutdown to defund Planned Parenthood, as well as over past collaboration with Democrats to defeat Republican proposals.
A report from The Hill claims Rep. Kevin McCarthy may find support from conservative Congressmen to take over John Boehner’s current position as Speaker of the House. As first reported by Breitbart, enough Republicans have committed to oppose Boehner’s re-election
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.
Echoing McConnell’s words, the Ohio Governor said in New Hampshire Saturday and then argued on Fox News Sunday, that President Obama would veto any spending bill that transfers funds from Planned Parenthood to women’s healthcare facilities that do not perform abortions. Kasich warns that could make Republicans vulnerable if the government subsequently shuts down.
House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy has scheduled a vote for the Defund Planned Parenthood Act of 2015 for Friday, September 18, despite opposition from the Senate’s GOP leadership.
The House Freedom Caucus affirms that its members oppose “any spending measure that contains funding for Planned Parenthood.” The statement comes as Republican leaders, hoping to avert a government shutdown, are facing strong opposition from House conservatives refusing to approve a budget that includes funding for the abortion giant. Planned Parenthood is currently under investigation by at least three congressional committees following the release of videos exposing its practices of harvesting the body parts of aborted babies for sale on the open market.
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.”
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.
Committees in both the House and Senate have launched investigations into the matter and last week the Attorney General Loretta Lynch said the Justice Department would “review all the information and determine what steps, if any, to take at the appropriate time.” According to the House Freedom Caucus, the time to cut funding to Planned Parenthood is now.
The news of an organized—and fairly impressive—House Republican backstop against Obamatrade comes as U.S. Senate Republicans are rushing the TPA fast-track through their chamber of Congress as fast they can.
The members of the new House Freedom Caucus are sending a message to senators: They ought to vote on a House-passed DHS funding bill.
The newly formed House Freedom Caucus will push back against soft Republican efforts to simply pass bills and instead will pursue a true conservative agenda, Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) tells Breitbart News. Fleming, one of the nine founding members of the House Freedom Caucus, argued that demonstrating what true conservatism looks like will serve to increase the ranks of conservatives in elected office.
