Five Steps for Firing the Speaker
Rep. Mark Meadows wants to oust John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Here's how it's done.
Boehner is No Conservative, No Matter Which Party is in Power
In a press conference today, Speaker John Boehner tried to sell himself as a true conservative, touting his supposed reforms and lamenting that there was only so much he…
Boehner’s Blunder: Meadows Moves to Retire the Speaker
The Republican majority in Congress was supposed to bring bold change.We were promised principled priorities and a pro-freedom agenda. We were promised a stop to the progressive agenda of Barack…
The SAFE Justice Act would bring groundbreaking reforms enacted by conservative states to the federal government
Thursday was a huge day for anyone following the debate and movement on justice reform, the interest in which has grown substantially in recent days. Out of nowhere, Speaker John…
Boehner’s Opportunity to Lead Again on School Choice
Lately, we’ve seen a seemingly endless assault on education freedom, in the form of misguided proposals from a president bent on cramming backwards education policy down the country’s…
No, John Boehner is not “the most anti-establishment Speaker” in history
Just two days after facing an historic uprising within the ranks of his own House Republican Conference, Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) defended his four-year record as the lower chamber’s presiding…
The fight for Speaker is about the future of limited government principles
Today’s vote for Speaker of the House is about much more than who will lead the lower chamber over the next two years. It’s also about the future of the…
Boehner’s Ten Worst Moments as Speaker
UPDATE – July 28, 2015 – In the last six months, John Boehner has added substantially to his list of sins. Since we last checked in he has: Removed…
Here’s why House Republicans should replace Speaker Boehner
The House of Representatives may be under Republican control, but it lacks any semblance of principled leadership. In fact, fiscally conservative and libertarian-leaning members — the ideas wing of the…
Boehner’s and Reid’s Farm Bill Fraud on America
Democracy and Power 110: Majority Leader of the Senate and the Speaker of the HouseThe first vote in a legislative session is the most important. The Senate…