North Carolina politically is in really bad condition. The extremists hold the majority of seats in the state. This is more or less the attitude of the NC Republicans. They have their own agenda approved of by Acting Governor Pope. It isn't like McCrory is out of action or on vacation, it is just that he is a figure head to Pope's ambitions. This is Meadows way of being a better man than any other Republican in the US House.
July 29, 2015
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows (click here) had heard from leading conservatives that trying to oust Speaker John Boehner right now was a bad idea.
Reps. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), fierce and frequent critics of leadership, thought the move was ill-advised. Some of Meadows’ friends didn’t even see it coming. But just before 6 p.m. Tuesday — a day before the House was set to leave town for its five-week summer recess — Meadows offered a motion to vacate the chair, an extraordinarily rare procedural move that represents the most serious expression of opposition to Boehner’s speakership. If the motion were to pass — most Republicans say it will be hard to cobble together the votes — Boehner would be stripped of the speaker’s gavel, potentially plunging the House of Representatives into chaos.
GOP leaders were taken completely by surprise. Meadows, a second-term Republican, hadn’t even asked for a meeting with Boehner or other top Republicans to air his gripes, Politico news website reported on Tuesday.
Until now, the North Carolina Republican had taken small steps to undermine Boehner....
Meadows is annoyed President Obama can actually veto any measure the House passes forcing the US House to be reasonable rather than extreme. I can imagine what he wants. He doesn't like the President and rather Freedom Fries over French Fries. France has become a very close ally to the USA during the Obama years. There is plenty an extremist Republican doesn't like in Washington these days.
July 29, 2015
North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows (click here) had heard from leading conservatives that trying to oust Speaker John Boehner right now was a bad idea.
Reps. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) and Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), fierce and frequent critics of leadership, thought the move was ill-advised. Some of Meadows’ friends didn’t even see it coming. But just before 6 p.m. Tuesday — a day before the House was set to leave town for its five-week summer recess — Meadows offered a motion to vacate the chair, an extraordinarily rare procedural move that represents the most serious expression of opposition to Boehner’s speakership. If the motion were to pass — most Republicans say it will be hard to cobble together the votes — Boehner would be stripped of the speaker’s gavel, potentially plunging the House of Representatives into chaos.
GOP leaders were taken completely by surprise. Meadows, a second-term Republican, hadn’t even asked for a meeting with Boehner or other top Republicans to air his gripes, Politico news website reported on Tuesday.
Until now, the North Carolina Republican had taken small steps to undermine Boehner....
Meadows is annoyed President Obama can actually veto any measure the House passes forcing the US House to be reasonable rather than extreme. I can imagine what he wants. He doesn't like the President and rather Freedom Fries over French Fries. France has become a very close ally to the USA during the Obama years. There is plenty an extremist Republican doesn't like in Washington these days.
