Meadows is a founding member of the [[House Freedom Caucus]], a group of strong conservatives in the U.S. House. He offered a motion to vacate the chair held by Speaker [[John Boehner]] citing no-confidence.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/john-boehner-coup-mark-meadows-files-motion-oust-h/?page=all John Boehner coup: Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker, Washington Times, July 28, 2015]</ref> Boehner was not able to secure enough Republican votes and announced his resignation in October 2015. Meadows is a strong supporter of U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s agenda.<ref>Moons, Michelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/rep-mark-meadows-eject-dud-shell-members-of-congress-not-supporting-america-first-agenda/ Rep. Mark Meadows: Eject ‘Dud’ Shell Members of Congress Not Supporting ‘America First’ Agenda]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> | Meadows is a founding member of the [[House Freedom Caucus]], a group of strong conservatives in the U.S. House. He offered a motion to vacate the chair held by Speaker [[John Boehner]] citing no-confidence.<ref>[https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/jul/28/john-boehner-coup-mark-meadows-files-motion-oust-h/?page=all John Boehner coup: Mark Meadows files motion to oust House Speaker, Washington Times, July 28, 2015]</ref> Boehner was not able to secure enough Republican votes and announced his resignation in October 2015. Meadows is a strong supporter of U.S. President [[Donald Trump]]'s agenda.<ref>Moons, Michelle (October 13, 2017). [https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/10/13/rep-mark-meadows-eject-dud-shell-members-of-congress-not-supporting-america-first-agenda/ Rep. Mark Meadows: Eject ‘Dud’ Shell Members of Congress Not Supporting ‘America First’ Agenda]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved October 13, 2017.</ref> |