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Boehner to leave Congress

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A majority of both parties want the government put in check, which is why you see the "conservative" movement oust the Rhinos. The problem on the left is that their entire base votes on emotion. While the vast majority there also wants the government put in check, each minority that makes up their base will vote for the thing most important to them....free stuff, LBGTSKHDF support, "womans rights"/abortion, amnesty, blah blah blah. It would be nice to see a reset on the liberal side, but you wont because they wont have to, their base will still vote for them because of the single emotional issue no matter how badly they screw them everywhere else.
I'd like to see some evidence of this democrat desire to put the gov't in check (or of any RINO efforts for the same). All I've seen is the democrats expanding the government and pushing ot more and more to the left... and the RINOs going along to stay in power.
 
Doesn't look so bad according to this (too much to cut and paste).

http://www.ontheissu...in_McCarthy.htm

Not too good on Conservative review (rated F)




Kill Funding for Obama's Executive Amnesty


Vote Result Date: 3/3/2015

  • Conservative Position: Yes

  • McCarthy Vote: No

While considering HR 240, the FY 2015 Department of Homeland Security funding bill, in the Senate, newly elected Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) worked with Democrats and liberal Republicans to re-instate funding for Obama's executive amnesty. This vote is on whether or not to kill the bill that contains funding for Obama's executive amnesty. If this motion would have passed it would have stopped Obama's executive amnesty from being funded.

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Obamatrade -- Fast Track Authority for TPP


Vote Result Date: 6/18/2015

  • Conservative Position: No

  • McCarthy Vote: Yes

This vote was on the key procedural provision known as Trade Promotion Authority (TPA). TPA grants a special fast-track status to trade deals negotiated by the president and as such has been dubbed Obamatrade. While conservatives generally support trade agreements as important tools for lowering tariffs and trade barriers, and TPA is often needed in order to effectively negotiate with other countries, this particular TPA was problematic for a number of reasons. Typically, a TPA is passed at the beginning of negotiation cycles so that Congress directs the president to negotiate along specific parameters. In this case, the three primary treaties that would receive fast-track status under this TPA have already been negotiated in secret for years. There is no reason to pass fast track authority without releasing more details about these trade agreements to the public. Moreover, given this president's penchant for implementing major policies without Congress, there was a widespread fear that Obama would use these trade agreements to pursue liberal policies, such as changes to our immigration system, labor laws, and global warming regulations. For example, according to WikiLeaks, one of the impending trade deals - the Trade in Service Agreement (TISA) - contains an entire immigration section, including a provision prohibiting US authorities from conducting in-person interviews for certain visa categories. Additionally, the main trade deal - the Trans Pacific Partnership - contains a "living agreement" provision, which could enable Obama to expand the scope of the agreement during the final months of his presidency or add countries like China to the agreement. Finally, GOP Leadership negotiated a deal to advance Trade Promotion Authority and in exchange for Democrat votes, promised to renew the crony capitalist Export-Import Bank and a failed government handout program known as Trade Adjustment Assistance, a subsidy bailout for labor unions.

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I quickly looked up Boehner on the same website.( www.ontheissues.org)
He doesn't look bad on that either.
the problem with these bills is what gets up for a vote in the forst place,how they dilute the good ones and how much they give away the farm.They haven't done a thing about any of the scandals, the VA, Benghazi, IRS etc and I don't think mccarthy will be any different.
Boenher has been a complete piece of milk toast in dealing with Democrats and Obama.
He's had a majority and he hasn't done a thing since!
It's status quo in Congress and I fear McCarthy will be exactly the same way.
perhaps not. With Boehner being beaten up and resigning, with 3 of the most popular republican candidates for President being non politicians perhaps he will realize the status quo is not doing the republican party or this nation much good.
As you quoted, I also referenced McCarthy's "F" rating from Conservative Review. Just reporting what I found. The truth has no agenda.
 
WASHINGTON - Rep. Peter King on Friday lamented the decision by House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) to resign from Congress at the end of October after being under pressure from House GOP conservatives since he took the post in 2011.
"I'm disappointed," King (R-Seaford) said in a telephone interview. "This is a victory for the crazies. You can't appease these people."

http://www.newsday.c...zies-1.10889507

No Mr. King……. YOU can't appease us! Just watch and learn Petey. It's called a government "of the people, by the people and FOR the people" for a good reason. And you ain't the reason.
Self-serving SOB.
 
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