113 members were in the house freedom caucus.
how many members in the house freedom caucus?
113
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in january 2015, feeling that the republican study committee had become too establishment-aligned and insufficiently conservative, and citing speaker boehner's continued political battle against conservative members; nine house members came together in a series of meetings to consider and ultimately create a more nimble, consistently conservative group consisting of approximately forty conservative house members. they formed an official congressional caucus and named it the house freedom caucus. congressman fleming of louisiana was among the nine founding members. once fully organized, the house freedom caucus began to oppose boehner policies leading to continued divisions and conflicts within the republican house conference. in july 2015, freedom caucus member, mark meadows of north carolina, without warning; submitted a written motion to vacate the chair (of the speaker of the house). though rarely done, it is a privileged motion meaning that any member can submit and trigger a series of parliamentary procedures culminating in a new vote for speaker of the house. the motion accelerated the pressure on boehner, whose popularity had declined considerably, nationally and among house republicans in general. spurred by the timing of the visit to the capitol by pope francis; speaker boehner, a devout catholic, announced his resignation as speaker and as a member of congress on september 25, 2017. fleming, in addition to being among the nine founding members of the house freedom caucus, also served on the first freedom caucus board of directors and led the effort to impeach the commissioner of the irs.
john fleming (american politician)