John Boehner Re-Elected House Speaker

  Abcnews

Rep. John Boehner was elected to a second term as House speaker today. But the vote for wasn’t without drama.
Nine Republicans voted against Boehner in support of another candidate. Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia received three votes, former Florida Rep. Allen West of Florida received two votes, Rep. Justin Amash of Michigan received one vote and Rep. Raul Labrador of Idaho received one vote. Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio and David Walker, the former U.S. comptroller general, also received one vote each.
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader and former speaker, took second place, receiving the support of 192 members of her caucus, behind Boehner’s 220.

Before taking the oath of office, Boehner delivered remarks to the House chamber, calling the display of democracy “an interlude for reflection, a glimpse of old truths.”
“To our new members and their families, welcome. You are likely feeling awestruck right about now. History runs through here, and now you are among a select few to share in this privilege,” Boehner told the 113^th Congress. “For those who are returning, who have walked these aisles before, maybe it’s time we feel awestruck again.”

Boehner reminded members that each member-elect takes the same oath of office, that “makes no mention of party, faction, or title” and “contains no reference to agendas or platforms – only to the Constitution.”
Boehner then drew upon his Catholic faith, talking about the temptation to “invoke the assistance of our Heavenly Father” in the oath of office. “This covenant makes us servants of posterity. It calls us to refuse the pull of passing interests and follow the fixed star of a more perfect union,” he said. “We are sent here not to be something, but to do something; to do the right thing. It’s a big job, and it comes with big challenges.”
As he prepares for a second term as speaker, Boehner said that “government has built up too much debt” and he noted that the U.S. economy “is not producing enough jobs.”