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Cantor warned of GOP “civil war” in a closed-door meeting
House majority leader Eric Cantor is increasingly frustrated with a group of House Republicans who are working against the leadership, and he’s not afraid of voicing his dismay.
In a closed-door conference meeting on Wednesday, Cantor told one GOP member that if they blocked the Senate-passed Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) from coming to the floor, they’d cause “civil war” in the ranks. …
Nevertheless, Cantor’s warning may have had an effect. When the bill came to the floor on Wednesday, only nine Republicans voted against the rule to take up the bill.
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Appears they are only interested in flexing power to accomplish progressive goals?
astonerii on February 28, 2013 at 8:08 AM
Know your place Tea Party….We just want your votes not your opinions.
Oil Can on February 28, 2013 at 8:09 AM
Here we go again… boo hoo, we conservatives are such victims… that mean ole establishment just keeps us down.
rhombus on February 28, 2013 at 8:12 AM
Yeah, and soon it will be you with “boo hoo, those mean old knuckledragging TruCons won’t vote for our squishes anymore…rubes don’t know what’s in their best interests…” You people sound just like Dems, being not far removed from them.
ddrintn on February 28, 2013 at 8:16 AM
You should really get that butthurt of yours looked at. Not only is it likely unhealthy, but it is some serious ugly.
astonerii on February 28, 2013 at 8:16 AM
C1v1l war is coming anyway. It’s probably already here.
ddrintn on February 28, 2013 at 8:18 AM
If you’re gonna have laws that take more concern over violence from one group against another than vice versa, and if that is based on violence occurring more often in that one direction than vice versa, then I’m sure you can find other demographic occurrences of violence coming from one group, perhaps a race, against another group/race than vice versa and these protections should be amended to the act and it should be renamed the “anti-bullying act”.
What could determine the inclusion of a bullying group on the list is if they have 50% more acts of violence against a group than that group has against them. I don’t see the thing be constitutional if it arbitrarily takes more concern with just one particular statistically-bullying group.
Buddahpundit on February 28, 2013 at 8:32 AM
Strange way of putting it. Cantor is saying that if the members don’t toe the leadership’s official line THEY will cause civil war in the ranks. Seems like it would be the dictatorial behavior by the leadership that would be the cause of any civil war.
katiejane on February 28, 2013 at 8:33 AM
Yeah dude … I know who the real enemy is, why don’t you? Instead of spending your time playing politics and kissing ass why don’t you start speaking the truth … regardless of what it does to you politically.
darwin on February 28, 2013 at 8:33 AM
At least with the proppressives you know you’re getting a bunch of sleazy slimball liberty haters…. Oh wait did I say that out loud?
Galt2009 on February 28, 2013 at 8:36 AM
I can’t understand why a “violence against women” law is so important. Violence is violence. All the other “violence against—” laws are just used to promote special agendas. I thought all were created equal under the law. Special laws like this are not needed except to get votes from special interest groups. Cantor is the problem, not the solution.
At this point, I don’t care if another DC controlled republican ever gets elected again. Let’s finally get a sane, reasonable, conservative/libertarian shadow 3rd party going to give the flyover Republicans somewhere reasonable to shelter until things get straightened out.
Old Country Boy on February 28, 2013 at 8:40 AM
I thought the State wrote laws against violence ans wasn’t aware of any “gap” pertaining to women. Cantor is a disgrace falling for this POS legislation. Balance the budget…build the fence…and stay out of our lives.
trs on February 28, 2013 at 8:40 AM
HEAR me out.
I’m not big on calling people RINOS, but I overheard someone that works high up in a republican governors office a few weeks back.
She said that there is a strong argument for expanding Medicaid but they wouldn’t want to worry about a future primary challenge a few years down the road. Also, the supreme court didn’t do us any favors by giving states the choice to expand. There are many republicans out there who are NOT conservative and share a view of government much more like a liberal. I’m starting to agree with those who say to win or die espousing conservative ideas, win or lose
Donald Draper on February 28, 2013 at 9:01 AM
My point is many don’t believe what they tell us. They go native once they sniff power–its human nature. Unless you are from Maine or Massachusetts, we should not be lenient towards these rinos
Donald Draper on February 28, 2013 at 9:04 AM
Hey Eric…
you working with donks to further their agenda….
that was the start of the civil war.
Enjoy your perks you’re wearing out my 24 years of GOP partisanship and forcing me to focus on the state level in sane states like texas.
Have fun with the office.
harlekwin15 on February 28, 2013 at 9:17 AM
Violence against women… is there a “Violence Against Latinos, African Americans and Old People Act” coming soon too? Or maybe republicans already refused to pass those…
MT on February 28, 2013 at 9:32 AM
Unable to push gun control through directly, the Obama administration and the GOP leadership in the House are setting you up to lose your guns by a much more indirect route.
Under federal law, those convicted of domestic violence lose their right to keep and bear arms.
If the Senate version of the Violence Against Women Act(S.47) passes the House, as Eric Cantor is currently twisting Republican arms to do, “unpleasant speech” will be considered a federal crime qualifying as domestic violence. The Senate version of the bill now includes a number of chilling provisions that would turn mundane arguments among couples into the grounds for the loss of one’s second Amendment rights.
The corrupt gopE are looking for the back door to registration and eventual confiscation. The Violence Against Women Act is the path to taking everybody’s guns, because it even changes the burden of proof effectively from the accuser to the accused. Under this act, if you are accused, it will be nearly impossible to avoid being found guilty because almost anything remotely unpleasant can be considered as “abuse” or “violence.”
It adds more classes of people to the legislation, including homosexuals, transgendered, and men too,duh!
http://markamerica.com/2013/02/27/conservatives-concerned-about-wrong-threat/
Jayrae on February 28, 2013 at 9:38 AM
The voters will be less and less “forgiving of apostasy” with each passing election cycle. Get your whine on, RINOs.
gryphon202 on February 28, 2013 at 9:40 AM
My sentiments exactly.
Violence is violence. We do not need laws to protect select groups under equal protection.
onlineanalyst on February 28, 2013 at 9:54 AM
I called Cantor’s D.C. office this morning and voiced my outrage about this. Asked the staff person to give Cantor a message that this is over the top. Also we get enough from the White House and we don’t need him. If he wants civil war, then that’s what he will get.
Called Boehner’s office and told them to tell Boehner to get a handle on Cantor plus a few other things.
Called my Rep also.
If they had not passed the rule (only 9 voted no), then this horrific bill Violence Against Women Act that passed the Senate would not have come up. At least that is my understanding.
This bill is way beyond anything against Women. Free Speech and stress etc. Someone called or emailed Mark Levin last evening and said if anyone is convicted of any of these multiple charges, they will not be allowed to have any fire arms.
bluefox on February 28, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Thanks for add’l explanation of this. I read the NRO and also Redstate. http://www.redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2013/02/27/the-magical-word-women/
This little weasel needs voted out of office!! Actually most all of them.
bluefox on February 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM
This is not news; anyone with a pulse who visited these boards knows there’s a schism in the party. That said, VAWA is not the hill I’d like to die on. We have serious spending problems and that spending is not because of VAWA.
alwaysfiredup on February 28, 2013 at 10:49 AM
It’s already the case in many states that people with convictions for domestic violence, usually a misdemeanor or less, can’t own firearms. The rule that felons can’t possess firearms also remains.
alwaysfiredup on February 28, 2013 at 10:52 AM
No, this is way beyond current laws. This will be a Federal law and includes an expansion of anything the States have. If your speech offends someone? Please.
bluefox on February 28, 2013 at 11:12 AM
@ alwaysfiredup, here you go.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:s.0047:
I have an appointment in a few minutes or would comment further.
Did you call your Rep?
bluefox on February 28, 2013 at 11:23 AM
Sadly, even after more than 55 million murdered, there’s no “Violence Against The Unborn” Act.
Ward Cleaver on February 28, 2013 at 11:31 AM
It appears the link to this bill isn’t working. Go to:
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php The Senate bill # is S.47.
This will bring up the bill that the Senate passed. And what the House is to vote on today.
bluefox on February 28, 2013 at 11:59 AM