Breaking: Boehner Was Nearly Ousted As Speaker Of The House

(GrassTopsUSA) A number of sources have confirmed that Speaker of the House John Boehner only retained the office of Speaker of the House by the skin of his teeth.

While the media did report that 12 Members of the 233 Member Republican Caucus in the House revolted by either voting for other candidates or not voting at all, what the main stream media is not telling you is that the day before the vote, as many as 17-25 Republicans were planning to vote against Boehner and Boehner may have actually considered resigning the Speakership and withdrawing his name from contention to save face.

According to its own rules, the House elects its Speaker when one candidate has the votes of a majority of the entire membership of the House. Put another way, it takes 218 votes to be elected Speaker of the House and John Boehner only received 220 votes on Thursday. But there's much more to this story. Matthew Boyle with Breitbart.com reported on Wednesday: "Outgoing Louisiana Republican Rep. Jeff Landry told Breitbart News there are at least 17 GOP members who plan to unseat House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday, and Boehner may resign on Wednesday evening during or after a GOP caucus meeting." Boyle further reported: "Landry said another member organizing the effort told him they’ve got at least 17 – which is the bare minimum needed to unseat Boehner. “They’re somewhere between 17 and 20,” Landry said in a phone interview. "I think they’re trying to get to 25.'" One doesn't need to be a fly on the wall or have access to insider information to figure out what happened. Clearly Boehner scrambled to make some last-minute deals and concessions to save his bacon. Such a theory is bolstered by Boehner's sudden and unexpected declaration on Wednesday that he would no longer meet with Barack Obama behind closed doors and allow the legislative process to proceed through regular order, as well as the sudden decision to oppose the a pork-laden bill that was being deceptively sold to the American public as an effort to provide relief to victims of Hurricane Sandy. Such expected occurrences were clearly public concessions that were designed to convince some House Republicans who had abandoned Boehner to give him just one more chance. Whether or not Boehner will keep what promises he may have made and unapologetically stand up in opposition to the radical Obama agenda, remains to be seen. In the weeks leading up to the vote, GrassTopsUSA members and supporters generated 54,883 faxes to Congress (6,382 of those were sent in the hours prior to the vote) urging elected officials to unseat Speaker Boehner. GrassTopsUSA Executive Director Christopher Carmouche stated: "The American people sent a very clear message that they want a Speaker of the House that will oppose and not accommodate the radical Obama agenda and Thursday's vote is an affirmation that our elected officials got that message loud and clear." Get The News The Liberal Media Refuses To Print! Input Your Primary Email Address Below And You'll Receive A Free Gift, Our Downloadable Report On The Cloward-Piven Strategy.     Privacy Policy: We respect your privacy and will not share your email address with ANYONE... PERIOD! Mouse Over The Green Icon To The Left To Share This Story On Your Favorite Social Media Sites.

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