A Texas Republican known for outsider views has announced he is challenging Speaker John Boehner for the top job in the US House of Representatives.
One post was a ramble on the "strange antics and extremist views" of Representative David Simpson, Republican of Longview, who is challenging Speaker Joe Straus.
The Sunday Express columnist Julia Hartley-Brewer raised the issue that other guests were too polite to mention, challenging speaker Boris: how could female voters believe him when he had "lied to both wives".
The message must be clear: while the rights to challenge speakers and protest peacefully are vital, those who are found to be breaching the university's rules and preventing free speech risk disciplinary action.
Ukip's Nigel Farage is defying convention to challenge Speaker John Bercow in Buckingham.
He said none of the changes would punish dissidents who challenged Speaker Sheldon Silver's leadership two years ago.
Along with Mr. Yoho, a rotating cast of characters — often backbench newcomers whom few have heard of outside their districts, and who were elected on a Tea Party wave — has emerged to challenge Speaker John A. Boehner's leadership at every turn.
Several months ago, the two leaders -- Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri and Senator Thomas Daschle of South Dakota -- challenged Speaker J. Dennis Hastert, the Republican House leader, and Senator Trent Lott, the majority leader, to a debate on "The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer" on Oct. 15.
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday made an unscheduled visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in his latest bid to draw attention to the effects of the government shutdown and to challenge Speaker John A. Boehner's claim that he does not have enough votes to pass a measure to finance the government.
Mr. Obama made an unscheduled visit to the understaffed Federal Emergency Management Agency on a rainy Monday in his latest effort to draw attention to the effects of the shutdown and to publicly challenge Speaker John A. Boehner's claim the day before, on national television, that the votes did not exist to fully finance the government without policy concessions.
