House Speaker John Boehner announces he will give up his House seat…
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Boehner said he discussed resigning with his chief of staff later that day. Yesterday, John Boehner was Speaker of the House. Sen.
The first shot fired against US House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), in the wake of the stunning announcement of his resignation Friday, did not come from Donald Trump.
Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones, a Republican who flirted in the past with challenging Boehner, said he was getting phone calls from potential supporters. Just look at accounts of infighting during Washington’s presidency or reread H.L. Mencken. At least he hopes it means people won’t just vote the way the speaker wants them to.
Rubio, a former Florida House speaker, is simultaneously angling for the establishment lane of the party – trying to elbow out his mentor Bush – while seeking to retain credibility with the right. “That is not the behavior one would expect of a Republican speaker of the House”.
Boehner opened Friday’s regular basement meeting of Republicans by outlining the day’s schedule, before surprising many – including his leadership team – with his news. Yet it was his failure to tilt at windmills that apparently doomed Boehner, alienating lawmakers in the party’s far right who yearned for constant confrontation with a Democratic White House. John Boehner won’t go down as one of the great speakers – he was no Sam Rayburn – but he should be remembered as one of the finest human beings there. Buoyed by a series of undercover videos taken by anti-abortion activists, conservative members of the GOP have been pressing Boehner to tie a measure stripping funds from the healthcare organization into a must-pass budget bill.
Two sources familiar with McCarthy’s lobbying efforts told CNN Friday night that they feel he’s in a good place to get the votes to become Speaker.
“It’s still a safe Republican district, so there’s not any kind of uncertainty about the Republicans holding it”, he said.
The bad news is that this temporary spending bill – known as a “continuing resolution”, or “CR” – will keep the government’s lights on through early December, at which point federal policymakers will once again face another shutdown deadline. As majority leader, Scalise said he would work with every Republican to advance conservative legislation, and said he would ensure the House took the steps to develop consensus within the caucus.
Rooney said he and a handful of Republican members spent about half an hour in Boehner’s office before he spoke to reporters at a news conference.
Second oldest in a Catholic family of 12 in the northern Cincinnati suburb of Reading, Boehner swept floors in his father’s bar, played high-school football and worked his way through university.
As leader of a new majority, McConnell said Boehner turned the tide in Congress and “brought conservative reform in many areas”. Democrats are already insisting that Boehner’s resignation not stall the process.
Conservative groups aligned with the Tea Party and the House Freedom Caucus were quick to claim that Boehner’s decision showed they had defeated the more moderate elements of the party.
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He said he backed McCarthy, but said he didn’t think Boehner’s successor would have a much different impact on dealing with the divisions inside the conference.
