Boehner Challenger Mark Meadows Does Not Feel ‘Vindicated’ After Speaker Resigns

In July, Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican, presented a motion to vacate the chair, which was meant to put pressure on House Speaker John Boehner to create a more "inclusive" legislating process.

Heritage Foundation Josh Siegel

| Comments | September 28, 2015

Rep. Mark Meadows, whose rare motion to depose House Speaker John Boehner expedited the top leader’s decision to retire, does not take any personal satisfaction out of the leadership change he helped inspire.

Meadows did not spend the weekend popping champagne, or charting his own path to the top. He didn’t even go home to the people who he says challenged him to challenge leadership — his constituents. More...

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