NEWSMAX
Cantor, McCarthy Join 151 Republicans Against Bill
by Stephen Feller
January 2, 2013
Speaker John Boehner and Republican Conference chairwoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers, the number four in the party hierarchy in the House, both voted in favor of the bill that was introduced in the House by the GOP's Ways and Means Committee chairman Dave Camp.
The party was split with around two-thirds of House Republicans voting against the bill aimed at keeping a plethora of tax rates from going up this year.
It even divided one married Republican couple. Florida's Connie Mack voted against while his wife Mary Bono Mack of California voted in favor.
The biggest complaint was that the bill — which had earlier passed by an overwhelming 89-8 vote in the Senate — did not include enough spending cuts while increasing taxes on Americans who make more than $450,000 per year.
Chief Deputy Whip Peter Roskam joined the no votes, along with influential oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa.
Budget committee chairman and former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan voted for while former presidential candidate Ron Paul was among five GOP members who did not cast a vote.
The bill passed the house 257 to 167 as 85 Republicans and 172 Democrats voted to send the bill to the president to be signed, and 151 Republicans and 16 Democrats voted no.
Cantor "was disappointed with the bill that passed the Senate late last night," the Virginia congressman's deputy chief of staff, told Politico. "That's why you saw him working all day to find an alternative with the leadership. That's why you saw two conference meetings to deal with what all alternatives.”
Republicans also discussed the possibility of amending the bill by adding additional spending cuts to it, however the Senate would have been required to vote to approve the new version of the bill. Senate Democratic leaders already had indicated earlier in the day that they would not vote on the bill again.
Had the bill not passed the House, tax rates on all Americans were set to go up — which gave pause to many Republicans who voted against it.
"I'd like to be speaking for this bill, but I can't," said Californian Issa during the debate. "I would like to vote for this because I do vote for lower taxes. But the other day in conference, one of my colleagues pointed out that in fact you're spending the money, you're taxing our future generation."
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BREITBART
Sources: Enough Republicans Willing to Unseat Speaker Boehner
by Matthew Boyle
January 1, 2013
“At least 20 House Republican members have gotten together, discussed this and want to unseat Speaker Boehner--and are willing to do what it takes to do it,” Meyer said. “That’s more than enough to get the job done, but the one problem these guys face is they need a leader to coalesce behind.”
Meyer said the conservatives have considered House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) to take the helm after Boehner is knocked out. His opposition from the right to the Senate fiscal cliff deal that Vice President Joe Biden cut with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a sign Cantor may try for the job.
AMA is hardly the only conservative entity aware of the rekindled effort afoot to unseat Boehner. Another conservative with inside knowledge of the effort told Breitbart News that the movement has "new focus and juice," and if enough members go to Boehner telling him they won’t support his re-election, that Americans should “watch for him to resign gracefully.”
The vote for Boehner’s re-election as Speaker happens on Thursday, two days after Boehner’s decision to support the Senate "fiscal cliff" deal Vice President Joe Biden cut with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on New Year’s Eve.
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CVN EDITORIAL
Beware of Rinos Drinking Tea
by Conservative Sue
January 2, 2012
Well, the votes have been counted, and it appears the Democrats and Republicans have now passed a 'fiscal cliff' deal that represents a big tax increase with no significant long term spending cuts. Outspoken critics of this deal include Senators Mike Lee, Rand Paul, and other Tea Party favorites,
What Speaker John Boehner has managed to accomplish with his adept political deal-making skill is to get the GOP blamed for the biggest tax increase in the last two decades while simultaneously increasing the deficit and kicking the spending cuts down the road for 'another day' that, most agree, will never come. And, to add insult to injury, the mainstream media is in full propaganda mode blaming the teaparty for obstructionism and a 'bad deal' even though the teaparty has been pretty much united against this proposal from the start.
What does the GOP stand for? Limited government? Low taxes? Controlling spending? Balanced budgets? Fiscal responsibility? State sovereignty? Liberty? From seeing the legislation written and passed by the GOP over the last 20 years, I see very little coming out of the leadership of this Republican Party that bears any resemblance to the current GOP party platform or the Reagan-style conservatism that built conservative majorities in the 80's.
Interestingly, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor voted no on this deal, which initially puzzled me (considering he's been brokering this deal with Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell all along), but I've had an epiphany this morning and believe I may have discovered the motive behind Cantor's vote....
The balance has tipped in the GOP controlled house, and the vote for this particular bill has made that clear. The majority of Republicans in the House voted against this bill, meaning that the establishment-wing of the GOP (led by Boehner and others) is now in the minority. The 'leash' the establishment had placed on the teaparty coalition has been removed, and 'going along' with GOP leadership is no longer a foregone conclusion. Cantor is very much an establishment Republican .. so why did he join the teaparty coalition in this vote?
Simple, Boehner is facing a vote on Thursday by GOP House Republicans on whether or not he will remain as Speaker of the House. The establishment needs to have a viable alternative to put forth if it becomes clear they will not have the votes to keep Boehner in the job .. so along comes the mysterious Cantor 'pro-teaparty' vote just in time to give them that establishment alternative to Boehner. Does anyone really believe Cantor is a teaparty Republican? I certainly don't.
Beware of Rinos drinking tea. These politicians will sell their souls for power. If the House GOP wants to throw out Boehner for being too liberal on taxes and spending, they had better look elsewhere for an alternative. Replacing Boehner with Cantor is like replacing Charlie Sheen with Lindsay Lohan. Both Boehner and Cantor are bad news for fiscal conservatives, and neither have any desire to get this out-of-control deficit spending under control.
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