AS MANY AS 80 CONSERVATIVES TO MEET WITH, VET CANDIDATES FOR SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Breitbart:

As many as 80 conservative Republicans will meet with and vet candidates for Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, four separate private groups of members announced on Thursday.

 

From 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. next Tuesday evening, the Conservative Opportunity Society, House Freedom Caucus, House Tea Party Caucus, and House Liberty Caucus will join forces to hold a members-only meeting after votes to vet the two different candidates for Speaker of the House.

 

The two candidates for Speaker are current House Majority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), a reformer who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and ran, nearly successfully, against outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) at the beginning of this Congress.

 

A high-ranking congressional source tells Breitbart News that as many as 80 members may attend the meeting over the four separate groups, a sign of the strength conservatives have in this process.

McCarthy, a fast-rising member of Boehner’s leadership team, must convince these conservatives, emboldened by Boehner’s resignation, that he represents a vision for the future of the GOP and that he won’t sell out Republicans as Boehner has repeatedly done. It’s a tricky path for McCarthy to navigate, and he’s been working overtime in recent days with member meetings and more trying to shore up his support among this conservative wing of the party and on the other, more liberal—or moderate as they’d like to say—wing of the GOP conference.

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Let the auditions commence.

[Valin]

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Rep. Daniel Webster (R-FL), a reformer who served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives and ran, nearly successfully, against outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) at the beginning of this Congress.

 

 

 

Charles Hurt

 

 

But he wasn’t quite able to, uh, vanquish the formerly soon-to-be-ousted John Boehner. Daniel Webster of Florida fell 204 votes shy of John Boehner’s 216 votes, which means he lost. With just 12 votes. He also lost to Nancy Pelosi. By 152 votes.

 

 

 

Matthew Boyle has a different definition of the word nearly, than I do.

[Draggingtree]

A Litmus Test for GOP Leadership

Heather Higgins October 2, 2015 8 COMMENTS

A big topic of conversation in the Beltway and beyond is the new Republican leadership elections scheduled for next week. While most are asking who will replace Boehner’s team, the more important question is what will they do differently?

 

There’s a great opportunity for new GOP leadership to differentiate themselves, which will start the process of taking advantage of their majorities in both houses. It’s past time for Republicans to move legislation that Democrats can’t duck and that will advance our strategic interests and policy goals, and it’s what Americans want to see Republicans do.

https://ricochet.com/a-litmus-test-for-gop-leadership/