(click here)Representative Chaffetz was stunned by the announcement. In lieu of McCarthy’s announcement he vote for Speakership has been postponed.
As reported earlier. Speaker of the House John Boehner was ridiculed today when his hand picked man quit. This was not expected but welcomed. Kevin McCarthy was in for the fight of his life to become the next Speaker of the house. Now we expect the chances of Jason Chaffetz to be good.
The vote for a new speaker is set for October 22. Boehner already indicated his choice, a John Boenher clone, Kevin McCarthy. This does not sit well with the conservative Tea Party members of Congress who brought about the revolution we are seeing today.
Jason Chaffetz of Utah has thrown his hat into the ring. Right now the vote is too close to call. We are anticipating a ruthless knock ‘m down fight for Speaker. Under Boehner’s speaker ship we have seen Obama run rough shod over the House of Representatives. We have the purse strings but failed to use our authority to stop POTUS in his tracks.
Jason Chaffetz will see to it that a different path is taken, one that will seeks to enforce the power it was given by the Constitution. This has not been done under Boehner’s leadership.
“If we don’t inject new blood into the leadership team, our constituents are going to be irate at best,” Chaffetz told reporters on Capitol Hill Monday. “There’s a massive drumbeat out there that the status quo is not what we sent you there to perpetuate. This is a national wave, it’s not something that was driven by Jason Chaffetz. I’m just someone who was smart enough to recognize it and try to get ahead of it.”
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