The 12 House Republicans who didn't vote for Boehner

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Ohio Rep. John Boehner (R) was elected to a second term as Speaker of the House with 220 votes, but it wasn’t unanimous. Here are those who didn’t vote for Boehner for Speaker.

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) voted for former Rep. Allen West for Speaker

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Rep. Jim Bridenstine (R-Okla.) voted for Eric Cantor for Speaker

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Rep. Steve Pearce (R-N.M.) voted for Eric Cantor for Speaker

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Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) voted for former Rep. Allen West for Speaker

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Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) voted for Rep. Raul Labrador for Speaker

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Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.) voted for Rep. Jim Jordan for Speaker

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Rep. Walter Jones (R-N.C.) voted for former comptroller general David Walker for Speaker

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Rep. Raul Labrador (R-Idaho) did not vote

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Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) did not vote

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Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) voted for Eric Cantor for Speaker

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Rep. Tom Massie (R-Ky.) voted for Rep. Justin Amash for Speaker.

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Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex) voted "present".

[satchelmcqueen]

bump

[itshappening]

Maybe contact them and thank them. It takes some balls to do what they did.

I wonder what the retribution will be.

[BSU kid]

Massie 100% proved his loyalty to the liberty movement by voting for Amash, good job sir.

[Uriah]

The DC dozen.

[thoughtomator]

Rep. Steve Stockman (R-Tex) voted "present".

Mark that guy down for a Profile in Courage.

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

WHY DID KERRY BENTIVOLIO VOTE FOR BOEHNER!!!!

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

WHY KERRY WHY!!!!!

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

KERRY, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE, you could have VOTED PRESENT JUST LIKE STEVE STOCKMAN. I AM MAD at YOU KERRY. YOUR FIRST VOTE WAS TERRIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

I am really pissed at Kerry. he really screwed up his vote BIG TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

KERRY< IF YOU SELL OUT TO TH E GOP ESTABLISHMENT, I WILL MAKE SURE THat we will run a candidate in the primary and defeat you!!!

God I am so pissed at Kerry right now. He REALLY disappointed me.

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

Godddamnit Kerry, what were you thinking??????????????? Voting for Boehner????????????

On the upside, Walter JOnes, Justin Amash, and Steve Stockman made the right decisions.

I especially want to thank Thomas Massie for voting for Justin Amash for Speaker. I think that Thomas is the NEW RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[FreeHampshire]

shut up

[american.swan]

Massie is awesome. That takes courage. These twelve should ban together on regularly criticizing the house leadership.

[LibertyEagle]

Godddamnit Kerry, what were you thinking??????????????? Voting for Boehner????????????

On the upside, Walter JOnes, Justin Amash, and Steve Stockman made the right decisions.

I especially want to thank Thomas Massie for voting for Justin Amash for Speaker. I think that Thomas is the NEW RON PAUL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Perhaps he wanted to choose his battles. That one was already lost.

[Brett85]

WHY DID KERRY BENTIVOLIO VOTE FOR BOEHNER!!!!

Why did Ron Paul vote for Boehner over and over again?

[jclay2]

Perhaps he wanted to choose his battles. That one was already lost.

Oh come on... That line of thinking has gotten us no where. It is time to take sides and stop "picking issues". John Boehner is an evil republican thug, absolutely dead set on bringing tyranny to this country.

[Brett85]

Oh come on... That line of thinking has gotten us no where. It is time to take sides and stop "picking issues". John Boehner is an evil republican thug, absolutely dead set on bringing tyranny to this country.

Then why would Ron Paul vote for an "evil Republican thug" for speaker over and over again?

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

Kerry had no excuse for doing it. His fellow Ron Paul Republican colleagues all voted against Boehner.

[GunnyFreedom]

The vote for Speaker is pretty much the most difficult vote of the entire session to buck. At least at the State level. I would not hold it against ANY Freshman to be reluctant to buck that vote, so I in no way hold it against Kerry, but what Massie did took real guts. I would be more disappointed in someone like Amash - who is NOT a Freshman - had he folded, which obviously he did NOT. I am very, VERY pleased to see Walter Jones take a stand. :)

[itshappening]

Walter Jones is awesome. He's also very senior, 18 years now. He's probably known Boehner since he got there so really Boehner has to listen to these guys and stop throwing them off committee's

[supermario21]

Kerry is going to have a primary and could be a weak incumbent in a general election. Amash, Massie, etc, are all in really safe districts. Still, the guys that voted against Boehner are all courageous and heroes.

[Brett85]

Walter Jones is awesome. He's also very senior, 18 years now. He's probably known Boehner since he got there so really Boehner has to listen to these guys and stop throwing them off committee's

If you actually look at Walter Jones' full record, he's not nearly as fiscally conservative as you would think he would be. He gets a lot of praise from people here because of his anti war votes, but he's generally been pretty bad on spending issues and regulations.

[GunnyFreedom]

If you actually look at Walter Jones' full record, he's not nearly as fiscally conservative as you would think he would be. He gets a lot of praise from people here because of his anti war votes, but he's generally been pretty bad on spending issues and regulations.

He has been excellent since Paul converted him. He even votes right on civil liberties now like NDAA SOPA PIPA NDAA and PATRIOT. You have stated several times that his past record has bad votes on fiscal issues. His past record has a LOT of bad votes....before he was converted by Ron Paul and his 'come to Jesus moment' with veteran amputees.

My goodness, I'm not even a convert and I am OK with people who used to be liberal or neocon and suddenly saw the light and became an ally. People who are converts to strict Constitutional construction should be even more reluctant to gripe about what someone else did before they were converted.

[NoOneButPaul]

Then why would Ron Paul vote for an "evil Republican thug" for speaker over and over again?

^^^^^^^

[Brett85]

He has been excellent since Paul converted him. He even votes right on civil liberties now like NDAA SOPA PIPA NDAA and PATRIOT. You have stated several times that his past record has bad votes on fiscal issues. His past record has a LOT of bad votes....before he was converted by Ron Paul and his 'come to Jesus moment' with veteran amputees.

I guess I'll have to pay more attention to his votes and actually provide the roll call votes to explain what I'm talking about. Jones voted in favor of the Dodd-Frank regulation bill among other bills, which wasn't that long ago.

[liveandletlive]

tell Sean Hannity that these men are the real "great Americans"

[jclay2]

Then why would Ron Paul vote for an "evil Republican thug" for speaker over and over again?

I stand by what I said. Using the argument of Ron Paul voted for it is a logical fallacy (despite my great respect for him). The nation is falling to pieces and in complete crisis. With that backdrop, how could anyone support Boehner in the name of the lesser of two evils. The republicans need to be taught a lesson and come to us instead of the other way around. I mean for goodness sakes, congress has a single digit approval rating! I don't care if it was "pointless". Standing your principles is NEVER pointless.

[Brett85]

I stand by what I said. Using the argument of Ron Paul voted for it is a logical fallacy (despite my great respect for him). The nation is falling to pieces and in complete crisis. With that backdrop, how could anyone support Boehner in the name of the lesser of two evils. The republicans need to be taught a lesson and come to us instead of the other way around. I mean for goodness sakes, congress has a single digit approval rating! I don't care if it was "pointless". Standing your principles is NEVER pointless.

There wasn't anyone running against Boehner, so it's not like there was any real chance to get rid of him. Perhaps it was a good idea for the 12 GOP members to not vote for him just to make a point, but many Republicans probably just felt like it wasn't worth it to cast a protest vote when nobody was actually running against Boehner and they had no real chance to get rid of him.

[acptulsa]

Then why would Ron Paul vote for an "evil Republican thug" for speaker over and over again?

Because up to that point he had held his thuggery in check sufficiently to avoid kicking members of his own party off of committees for being honest, principled conservatives?

[Brett85]

To clarify what I was talking about with Jones, he only had a 60% rating from the American Conservative Union in 2011, making him one of the most liberal Republicans in the entire Congress that year. Compare that to Justin Amash who had a 92% rating, and Rand Paul who had a 100% rating.

http://conservative.org/ratingsarchive/uscongress/2011/house.html

[Brett85]

Because up to that point he had held his thuggery in check sufficiently to avoid kicking members of his own party off of committees for being honest, principled conservatives?

How do you think he would've voted this time had he decided to stay in the house?

[acptulsa]

How do you think he would've voted this time had he decided to stay in the house?

I don't know. But I'd have had fun today counting the number of Representatives who voted for him.

[twomp]

How do you think he would've voted this time had he decided to stay in the house?

I think he would have voted with Amash and company. Meaning he would have abstained or voted for someone besides Boehner. If I'm not mistaken, Amash voted for Boner the last time too but this time he didn't. I wonder why that is?

[GunnyFreedom]

To clarify what I was talking about with Jones, he only had a 60% rating from the American Conservative Union in 2011, making him one of the most liberal Republicans in the entire Congress that year. Compare that to Justin Amash who had a 92% rating, and Rand Paul who had a 100% rating.

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LOL ACU called ME a borderline liberal in 2011-2012. That really didn't help convince me any. Also, I consider his civil liberties record far, far more important. I would take Jones any day of the week over some guy who voted right fiscally but supported PATRIOT and NDAA.

ETA - ACU uses 'undisclosed subjective measures' to calculate the ratings of people. I had 100% in the listed votes, but "least conservative among all Republicans" based not on my record, but on 'undisclosed subjective measures.' So frack the ACU as far as I am concerned.

[Brett85]

I think he would have voted with Amash and company. Meaning he would have abstained or voted for someone besides Boehner. If I'm not mistaken, Amash voted for Boner the last time too but this time he didn't. I wonder why that is?

Probably because he had already been kicked off of committee's and didn't have anything left to lose.

[Brett85]

LOL ACU called ME a borderline liberal in 2011. That really didn't help convince me any. Also, I consider his civil liberties record far, far more important. I would take Jones any day of the week over some guy who voted right fiscally but supported PATRIOT and NDAA.

Well, I'm not trying to trash him, because I understand that he's been an ally on some issues in recent years, especially opposing foreign wars. But, it just seems as though Ron has converted him on foreign policy and civil liberties but not economics. Even in recent years he doesn't have a fiscally conservative voting record. But it's understandable if you think the civil liberties issues are more important. (Although I would argue that government regulations are directly related to civil liberties)

[GunnyFreedom]

Well, I'm not trying to trash him, because I understand that he's been an ally on some issues in recent years, especially opposing foreign wars. But, it just seems as though Ron has converted him on foreign policy and civil liberties but not economics. Even in recent years he doesn't have a fiscally conservative voting record. But it's understandable if you think the civil liberties issues are more important. (Although I would argue that government regulations are directly related to civil liberties)

I've never known Jones to be a big regulator, even before he was converted. Is this something that came from the ACU also?

[Shane Harris]

who is Labrador?

[Brett85]

I've never known Jones to be a big regulator, even before he was converted. Is this something that came from the ACU also?

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/06/30/dodd-frank-passes-house/

"The three Republicans voting yes on the Dodd-Frank bill were Joseph Cao (LA), Mike Castle (DE) and Walter Jones (NC)."

[GunnyFreedom]

http://news.firedoglake.com/2010/06/30/dodd-frank-passes-house/

"The three Republicans voting yes on the Dodd-Frank bill were Joseph Cao (LA), Mike Castle (DE) and Walter Jones (NC)."

one bad bill is a history of regulation?

[Brett85]

one bad bill is a history of regulation?

That was the most massive regulation bill ever passed by Congress, but I'm sure I could find more.

[GunnyFreedom]

That was the most massive regulation bill ever passed by Congress, but I'm sure I could find more.

Well OK. I've only been living here for 30 years, and Jones have never had occasion to strike me as a zealous regulator. No question Dodd Frank was a bad vote, but everybody has bad votes. The current process itself ensures it.

[acptulsa]

who is Labrador?

I think I've got a file on him somewhere. I'll see if I can retrieve it.

[SpreadOfLiberty]

who is Labrador?He got an 89 on the last JBS scorecard, which trailed only: Paul, W. Jones, Amash, Broun, Jimmy Duncan, McClintock, and Akin(though he missed most of the votes). He was the only one to receive an 89.

Overall he is one of the best in Congress. I consider him a strong ally if not one of us.

[SpreadOfLiberty]

Labrador on the PATRIOT Act, NDAA, Federal Reserve and Afghanistan:

http://www.idahoreporter.com/2011/labrador-votes-against-part-of-patriot-act/

http://labrador.house.gov/press-releases/labrador-statement-on-national-defense-authorization-act-fiscal-year-20131/

http://voices.idahostatesman.com/2011/05/04/idahopolitics/idaho_rep_labrador_declare_victory_and_get_out_afg hanistan#ixzz1Lq5cDRUr

http://labrador.house.gov/index.cfm?sectionid=49&itemid=683

More on Labrador from YAL: http://www.yaliberty.org/pac/candidates/labrador

[Shane Harris]

thanks

[cbrons]

Maybe contact them and thank them. It takes some balls to do what they did.

I wonder what the retribution will be.

Maybe they'll get kicked off some committees...

Oops...

[SpreadOfLiberty]

http://www.therightscoop.com/erick-erickson-id-rather-have-boehner-than-cantor-as-house-speaker/

[nobody's_hero]

I think he would have voted with Amash and company. Meaning he would have abstained or voted for someone besides Boehner. If I'm not mistaken, Amash voted for Boner the last time too but this time he didn't. I wonder why that is?

Because there are certain people in this movement who actually believe in accountability and putting politicians in their place (servants of the people, not masters).

Then there are other people in this movement who are like, "Oh no, don't make the master angry!!! We need him to be nice to us!!!" lol.