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Elias Graves
06-13-2013, 08:40 AM
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2013/06/13/revolt-among-republicans-on-immigration-bill-70-house-members-risk-careers-in-planned-showdown-with-leadership/

Seventy House Republicans are planning a politically risky showdown with Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to try to force additional debate on an immigration bill they say will mean amnesty for illegal immigrants and have dire consequences for the country.


The 70 members are petitioning for a special Republican conference meeting on the bill, a “highly unusual” move to go head-to-head with the speaker, according to Reps. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), Steve King (Iowa) and Louie Gohmert (Texas), who are serving as spokespersons for the group.




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Bachmann, King and Gohmert told TheBlaze the group is invoking the Hastert Rule: requiring support from a majority of the majority to bring a bill forward.


The petition is expected to go to the House leadership on Friday, but it’s possible some signatories might remove their names due to political risk, or that Boehner could head off the challenge by striking a deal. Going against leadership in such a way could have harsh political consequences for the signatories, including retaliation such as permanently getting passed over for chairmanship positions.

Warlord
06-13-2013, 08:42 AM
SPECIAL CONFERENCE MEANS BOEHNER CAN BE FIRED.

We need to run such a campaign this weekend.

Join us!

Elias Graves
06-13-2013, 08:43 AM
"In an interview with World Net Daily this week, Bachmann predicted that if the immigration bill becomes law, “the whole political system will change.”

“This is President Obama’s number one political agenda item because he knows we will never again have a Republican president, ever, if amnesty goes into effect. We will perpetually have a progressive, liberal president, probably a Democrat, and we will probably see the House of Representatives go into Democrat hands and the Senate will stay in Democrat hands,” Bachmann said.


She also said that if it passes, the bill will create a permanent progressive class.


“That’s what’s at risk right now. It may sound melodramatic, I don’t mean it that way, but this is that big and that important,” Bachmann said."

Warlord
06-13-2013, 08:45 AM
Bachmann had a chance to vote against this moron speaker in January. She knew full well what he's like.

jbauer
06-13-2013, 08:52 AM
Bachmann is the perfect person to stand strongly against Bohener. She's already said she wont reseek her seat. She should spearhead this.

Warlord
06-13-2013, 08:55 AM
Bachmann is the perfect person to stand strongly against Bohener. She's already said she wont reseek her seat. She should spearhead this.

She should have done it in January. Useless now unless she can help fire him (whch is very hard). A lot easier to find the 20 votes needed in Jan to deny him the chair and she knew full well he'd be ramming shit through with Dem votes. They all knew this and all supported him apart from the heroic 12.

jbauer
06-13-2013, 08:56 AM
She should have done it in January. Useless now unless she can help fire him (whch is very hard). A lot easier to find the 20 votes needed in Jan to deny him the chair and she knew full well he'd be ramming shit through with Dem votes. They all knew this and all supported him apart from the heroic 12.

Can't cry over spilled milk. We don't have to like her or even agree with her on many things but someone needs to lead the fight on this and she has nothing to lose.

AuH20
06-13-2013, 08:58 AM
Bachmann is the perfect person to stand strongly against Bohener. She's already said she wont reseek her seat. She should spearhead this.

But what about that snake McCarthy and Cantor? Getting rid of Boehner won't solve the problem. They need to completely eschew Boehner and his lieutenants.

Zarn Solen
06-13-2013, 08:59 AM
Why would anyone make Steve King a spokesperson?

Neil Desmond
06-13-2013, 09:00 AM
So who exactly are the 70 House members?

Warlord
06-13-2013, 09:06 AM
But what about that snake McCarthy and Cantor? Getting rid of Boehner won't solve the problem. They need to completely eschew Boehner and his lieutenants.

Getting rid of Boehner means they go too.