U.S. Rep. Curt Clawson, R-Fla., voted on Tuesday for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., to be speaker of the House.
Clawson explained his vote after U.S. House Speaker John Boehner kept the gavel.
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After his last-minute bid to oust U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, fell short on Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., insisted he launched his effort to ensure Republicans pushed a principled agenda in Congress.
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Five Republican congressmen from Florida were at the center of the conservative attempt to oust House Speaker John Bohener, R-Ohio, from leadership and two of them are now paying the price.
Boehner moved swiftly against U.S. Rep. Rich Nugent, R-Fla., and U.S. Rep. Dan Webster, R-Fla., tossing the two Florida Republicans off of the Rules Committee. Webster had emerged as the chief threat to Boehner, winning 12 votes against the speaker.
Politico has the details.
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WASHINGTON -- Recent events from Ferguson, Missouri, to Staten Island, New York, might prompt an observer to infer that American cops are racist and that a bigoted white populace tolerates unnecessary lethal force against minorities.
