New House Of Representatives May Rebuff Speaker John Boehner Today

As the new Congress is just now convening, Tea Party House members are posing a threat to John Boehner's position as Speaker of the House.


The Daily Caller lists these Repubs as planning to vote against Boehner:

- Walter Jones (North Carolina)

- Jim Bridenstine (Oklahoma)

- Thomas Massie (Kentucky)

- Ted Yoho (Florida)

- Louie Gohmert (Texas)

- Paul Gosar (Arizona)

- Steve King (Iowa)

- Dave Brat (Virginia)

- Marlin Stutzman (Indiana)

- Gary Palmer (Alabama)

- Justin Amash (Michigan)

- Randy Weber (Texas)

- Curt Clawson (Florida)

- Tim Huelskamp (Kansas)

- Jeff Duncan (South Carolina)

Should the opposition get 29 votes, the House then moves to a second round of voting.

While I doubt Boehner's Speakership is in jeopardy, it would be embarrassing for him to be pushed to a second ballot.

The vote begins about 12:30pm ET.

You can watch on C-SPAN here.

UPDATE: Boehner was re-elected to the Speakership with 216 votes. Twenty-five Republicans voted against him. We'll see how that shakes out later.   Nancy Pelosi received 164 votes from Democrats.

In the end, 25 Republicans voted against Boehner - the most against a sitting Speaker since 1923.