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Exclusive: GOP Push Against Boehner Leadership Reaches Critical Number

Exclusive: GOP Push Against Boehner Leadership Reaches Critical Number

By:  Matthew Boyle

Twenty-nine Republican legislators now oppose House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH)re-election, so Breitbart News can confirm he can only continue as the leader if Democrats vote for him or if he pulls some spectacular maneuver.

Before this report, there were 28 GOP members publicly opposed to Boehner’s re-election. Twenty-five of them voted against Boehner at the beginning of…

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A group of disaffected conservatives had agreed to vote against the Ohio lawmaker if they could get at least 25 members to join the effort. But one member, whose identity could not be verified, rescinded his or her participation the morning of the vote, leaving the group one person short of its self-imposed 25-member threshold. Only 17 votes against Boehner were required to force a second ballot, but the group wanted to have insurance. Even with 24 members, the group would easily have been able to force a second ballot round, but the effort was aborted in frenetic discussions on the House floor. “There was an effort to get to a particular number,” said one Republican member who voted for Boehner but was familiar with the effort to oust him.