Rumors that House Speaker John Boehner has cut a deal with Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to allow a vote on a clean funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security has put the Ohio Republican’s job in peril.Some talk is floating around Capitol Hill that the conservative wing may try to oust its own party leader. Congress passed a stopgap measure late Friday to continue funding Homeland Security for one week, with Democratic support reportedly hinging on Boehner’s promise to allow a vote next week on a long-term funding bill that makes no mention of stopping President Obama’s overreaching executive amnesty, according to Fox News.  Photo Source PoliticusUSA.com Neither side has confirmed that such a deal exists. Conservative lawmakers are part of a 50-plus member coalition called the Freedom Caucus, according to Fox News, and they insist on using the power of the purse, through a Homeland Security funding bill, to defund what they see as Obama’s unconstitutional amnesty efforts. And they appear to be running out of patience with Boehner. U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Pa., clearly no friend of the Freedom Caucus, offered some validity to rumors of a possible Boehner removal effort. http://www.bizpacreview.com/2015/03/01/dethrone-boehner-talk-of-rebellion-spreads-over-reports-speaker-cut-amnesty-deal-with-pelosi-183395
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