Rep. Daniel Webster has announced he will seek to become Speaker of the House of Representatives on the day John Boehner announced he will resign from Congress. Webster challenged John Boehner for the Speakership in January of this year
Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) said that the resignation of House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) “was almost inevitable, given the pressure that the American people have put on Washington, DC” on Friday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Massie said, “I want to
Representative Daniel Webster (R-FL) stated he will join the race to replace House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) on Friday’s “Sean Hannity Show.” Webster was asked if he would seek the office of speaker, to which he answered, “I will.”
Tea Party Caucus Chairman Representative Tim Huelskamp (R-KS) said the resignation of House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) was a loss of the party establishment and “good for the Republican Party” on Friday’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on the Fox
“As the leader of the Republican Party in Congress, the Speaker must be willing to fight the Obama administration’s dangerous, immoral, and sometimes illegal, actions using every tool our Constitution provides,” Rep. Matt Salmon said. “This is what the majority of Americans want their leaders in Congress to do, and ultimately, Mr. Boehner could no longer provide the leadership necessary to do this.”
CNN Political Commentator and former green jobs advisor to President Obama Van Jones argued that the resignation of “conservative as anybody” House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) shows “you have a right-wing, nativist party” on Friday’s broadcast of “CNN Newsroom.”
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, tells Breitbart News that the replacement for departing House Speaker John Boehner must be someone who has served less than three terms in the House. That means that person would have been elected in the past six years.
Thrilled but cautiously optimistic best describes a number of Texas grassroots leaders’ reactions to Speaker of the House John Boehner announcing his resignation today. A few of them around the state shared their initial thoughts with Breitbart Texas.
Representative Matt Salmon (R-AZ) stated that he dropped his support of House Speaker Representative John Boehner (R-OH) because of his constituents’ dissatisfaction with Boehner and “we promised many, many things if we took the Senate, those things haven’t materialized” on
In an exclusive statement to Breitbart News, Governor Sarah Palin congratulated the conservative grassroots on the news of John Boehner’s decision to resign from Congress at the end of October.
Friday during ABC’s special coverage of Pope Francis’ visit to New York City, a panel assembled by anchor George Stephanopoulos, which included ABC contributors Matthew Dowd and Cokie Roberts, discussed the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner, which was announced
Phyllis Schlafly: Tryouts for New House Speaker Begin Today
“This is a WIN for the Tea Party movement. We need to point that out,” long time Virginia Tea Party activist Mark Kevin Lloyd tells Breitbart News. As Jenny Beth Martin adds, “What Tea Party Patriots want in the leadership of the GOP – in both chambers of Congress – are men and women who will stand up and fight the Obama Administration’s never-ending efforts to ‘fundamentally transform’ our nation into a country our Founders would not recognize.”
In a surprise announcement Friday morning during a closed-door Republican conference meeting, John Boehner revealed his intentions to step down as speaker. In his statement, release later Friday, Boehner offered additional details about the circumstances of his early departure. “My mission every day is to fight for a smaller, less costly, and more accountable government. Over the last five years, our majority has advanced conservative reforms that will help our children and their children. I am proud of what we have accomplished,” Boehner said in a statement Friday.
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is using House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) resignation to slam House Republicans and their efforts to defund Planned Parenthood.
Following the stunning news that Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) will resign after October, Democrats will feign empathy and argue that he was a victim of extremist Tea Party conservatives in the Republican caucus. In reality, Boehner is a victim of President Barack Obama’s aggressive brand of politics, for which he had no response.
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.
Rep .Meadows Thanks Speaker John Boehner, Urges Next Leader To Aid Conservatives
“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.
Friday in Washington, DC at the Family Research Council’s 10th annual Values Voter Summit, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), a candidate for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination announced Speaker John Boehner’s resignation, which led to the crowd in attendance bursting into loud cheers
House Speaker John Boehner’s resignation is an indication that the American people are being heard in the Washington, Heritage Action’s chief executive officer Michael Needham says
“Americans deserve a Congress that fights for opportunity for all and favoritism to none,” Needham said. “Too often, Speaker Boehner has stood in the way. Today’s announcement is a sign that the voice of the American people is breaking through in Washington.”
California’s own Rep. Kevin McCarthy, who replaced Eric Cantor as House Majority Leader, could take over as Speaker of the House following John Boehner’s surprise resignation, announced on Friday.
House Speaker John Boehner, who frequently gets emotional during important moments, blinked back tears and wiped his eyes during the papal visit on Capitol Hill today.
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.
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
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.
Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is Republican women’s top choice, a new straw poll of those attending the National Federation of Republican Women’s recent convention in Phoenix, Arizona, from KellyAnne Conway’s the Polling Company shows.
U.S. abortion-giant Planned Parenthood would keep almost 90 percent of its taxpayer revenue if Congress passed a supposed “defunding” bill introduced by NC Rep. Renee Ellmers, a close ally of the GOP’s leadership.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz declared, “Republican leadership is standing with Barack Obama in supporting the funding of Planned Parenthood” in an interview broadcast on Wednesday’s “Hannity” on the Fox News Channel. Cruz, after stating that Republican leadership
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.”
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.
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.
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) is furious that House GOP leadership is considering holding a vote on a resolution of disapproval of President Barack Obama’s nuclear arms deal with the Islamic Republican of Iran under the terms of the Iran deal constructs put forward in legislation approved earlier this year from Sens. Bob Corker (R-TN) and Ben Cardin (D-MD).
Politico’s Jake Sherman is now discovering that House Speaker John Boehner is in serious jeopardy of losing his powerful post.
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
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.
Ohio lawmakers are expressing disappointment at President Barack Obama’s move to rename Mt. McKinley, seeing it as another instance of his executive overreach.
As president Obama prepares his three-day trip to Alaska, he announced his intentions to rename Mount McKinley,the tallest mountain in North America, to “Denali.”
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz stated of GOP leadership’s handling of the Iran deal, “it appears that they’re prepared to roll over, to have a show vote, to lose the show vote, and then move on to
GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina appears to offer initial support for a measure put forward by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) that would cost Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) the Speakership of the U.S. House of Representatives.
