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WhoIsNumberNone

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Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:05 PM Jan 2015

TYT: Boner Goes Full Boss On Those Who Dared Vote Against Him



"A day after winning his third term as Speaker, John Boehner (R-Ohio) said his conference had begun a "family conversation" about how to respond to the 25 conservatives who revolted and voted against him on the floor.

Boehner confirmed that the Rules Committee agreed hours after the Tuesday vote to boot two of the defectors off the committee: Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who challenged Boehner for Speaker, and Rep. Richard Nugent (R-Fla.), who voted for his fellow Florida Republican.

But the Speaker said no final decisions had been made, suggesting Webster and Nugent could rejoin the committee, even as some rank-and-file members complained bitterly about leadership’s retribution in a closed-door GOP conference meeting on Wednesday.

“* John Iadarola (TYT University), Dave Rubin (Rubin Report) and Ben Mankiewicz break it down.
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TYT: Boner Goes Full Boss On Those Who Dared Vote Against Him (Original Post) WhoIsNumberNone Jan 2015 OP
Boehner is taking so revenge for this uprising Gothmog Jan 2015 #1
He's frighteningly immature. Owl Jan 2015 #2
These folks wanted attention, now they have it, he should put this radical bunch on a back burner Thinkingabout Jan 2015 #3

Thinkingabout

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3. These folks wanted attention, now they have it, he should put this radical bunch on a back burner
Thu Jan 8, 2015, 10:47 PM
Jan 2015

Until they stop their crazy moves, we do not need a TP bunch running congress.

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