today. go. try. try. are there are additional nominations? madame clerk, i have a nomination. you may proceed. i present for the election of office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th congress, the name of judge louis gomert, a representative from the great state of texas. madame clerk, judge gomert proudly serves the first district of texas. louis gomert nominated today to oust speaker john boehner, as were congressman ted yoho of florida. one republican nominated rand paul.
against him because they know there s going to be a price to pay. courage, remember that courage is never wasted. this evening, speaker boehner removed congressman webster and congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it
and that illustrates just the kind of power and kind of politician that john boehner is. he s been here a long time. that s the difference between somebody like boehner and even this coalition, loose coalition of tea party people who are so upset. i mean, think about what they ve experienced since they come into the house. most of them showed up here in 2010 with that tea party wave. they ve never known what it s like to have a republican in the white house. and that s what congressional leaders here are starting to say about their goals for the next two years. it s to set up mitch mcconnell said in an interview, he wants to make sure the way they govern doesn t create the reception that having a republican president and a republican congress would be scary for the american people, his word, not mine. but the republicans that we re talking about, these tea party types, most of them have no idea what it s like to have your party in power and to need to use congress to try to govern.
congressman rich nugent from the house rules committee. nugent supported webster and voted against boehner today. 4 congressman steve king who nominated webster tweeted, speaker boehner kicked webster and nugent off rules committee for voting against boehner. no room for intimidation tactics. i stand with them. joining me now, msnbc political reporter casey hunt and mother jones washington bureau chief david corn. casey, why were there not more punishments issued today. there were more votes cast against the speaker. it s certainly possible, lawrence, that you could see more punishments to come but at the same time the house speaker s ability to punish people this way is a little bit limited. and this revolt was so scattered, right? and that s why we didn t see it succeed to a greater degree than it did. you had this sort of collection of candidates. i had one republican privately call it the coalition of the aggrieved in a conversation. and they weren t able to unite
years, republicans now control both chambers of congress, and tonight, john boehner has managed to retain the title of speaker of the house of representatives. this house will continue to be led by a proud son of ohio and a happy fan of the ohio state football team. yes! a man of abiding faith, great heart and deep dedication. john boehner is truly a gentleman from ohio. 25 republicans mounted a symbolic revolt against the gentleman from ohio. madam clerk, i present for election for the office for speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th congress, the name of the honorable ted yoho. i present for the election of office of speaker of the house of representatives for the 114th congress the name of judge louie gohmert, a representative from