Boehner's control over the House Republicans is "practically non-existent at this point"

[Cali_Democrat]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/johnstanton/house-conservatives-theaten-to-kill-fiscal-cliff-d

WASHINGTON — Less than 12 hours after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Vice President Joe Biden marshaled a strong 89 votes for their fiscal cliff plan, the agreement appeared on the brink of unraveling at the hands of a House Republican revolt that includes Majority Leader Eric Cantor.

During a closed-door meeting of the GOP conference Tuesday afternoon, Cantor told his colleagues that he would not support the deal — despite the fact that he and Speaker John Boehner the night before had vowed to “consider” the bill.

Although his remarks were brief, they sent shock waves through his conference, which was already extremely skeptical of the agreement, and perhaps looking for a leader.

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Technically, the agreement was not yet dead: Speaker John Boehner could, in theory, still find the votes to pass the bill. But Boehner’s control of his conference is practically non-existent at this point and there is virtually no chance he can marshal the 120 Republicans he insists he needs before passing the bill.

It appears we just had a coup in the House of Representatives and Eric Cantor has taken control.

The GOP is a joke

[quinnox]

1. lol, this is wonderful

May the republicans use this as a power struggle until the whole thing blows up.

[avebury]

2. I don't think that Boehnher has ever been

able to control the Republicans. He never should have been made Speaker.

[RomneyLies]

3. The best part? There will be at least 16 Boehner Loyalists who insure

Cantor never picks up the speaker's gavel.