Conservatives
warn the speaker’s fate could be determined by how he handles the next
seven days.
Article by POLITIO
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... Close allies of Speaker John Boehner are worried that his
conservative rivals could move to oust him as soon as next week.
Removing a sitting speaker
is exceedingly difficult, and such an effort would almost certainly
fall short.
Yet growing speculation about the possibility of it –
coming after
Friday’s embarrassing defeat at the hands of conservatives and House
Democrats on the homeland security battle — shows how vulnerable the
speaker has become.
Frustration with the Ohio
Republican is mounting after dozens of hardliners voted Friday against
his three-week funding package for the Department of Homeland Security.
Hours of frantic leadership meeting ensued. After some backroom
maneuvering with Democrats, Boehner was able to push through a one-week
bill to keep DHS open. Obama signed the bill into law just 10 minutes
before a shutdown of the massive federal agency.
The stinging rebuke of Boehner on the House floor
infuriated
his supporters, who accused opponents of handing Democrats a huge PR
victory.
“Some of these 52 [Republican who voted no] are more worried about
protecting their own careers than protecting their constituents from
ISIL. They are more worried about primaries than they are about the
country,” said a GOP lawmaker close to Boehner, using an acronym for
the Islamic State.
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Utterly Stupid Asswipes
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“This is all aimed at Boehner. They want to take
Boehner out.”
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