BREAKING: John Boehner Retains Position As House Speaker Despite Some GOP Opposition [View all]
Source: Huffington Post
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives voted Tuesday to again make John Boehner its speaker, handing the Ohio Republican the gavel for the third time despite a late challenge by dissatisfied members of his own party. Tuesday's vote saw the most votes against a sitting speaker since 1923.
Boehner received the votes of 216 House members, while House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received 164 votes. A number of discontented Republicans, however, voted for other candidates, including Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.), who, with 12 votes, got the most opposition votes from the GOP.
Boehner's caucus unanimously chose him to be the speaker just after November's elections. However, the Ohio Republican soon faced a rebellion from conservative members who were angry that he pushed through a government spending bill in December that didn't extract concessions from President Barack Obama on immigration or the Affordable Care Act.
The full House of Representatives votes for the new speaker at the start of a new Congress.
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Gomer didn't even manage to come in second on the GOP side. Another teabagger failure.
That Palin endorsement did as much good for him as the time she and her husband Taaad backed Newt in Alaska's presidential primary (He came in last)
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