BREAKING: John Boehner is stepping down

[euphemia]

We are still going to have to pay his pension and benefits, aren't we?

 

[Matt Collins]

 

[phill4paul]

We are still going to have to pay his pension and benefits, aren't we?

If by "we" you mean you, then yeah. Have at it.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

 

[JK/SEA]

is it too late for boehner to run for prez?...

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Rumors on Capitol Hill: Boehner Cut Deal With Pelosi to Avoid Government Shutdown

Sources tell Breitbart News that several members of the House of Representatives are saying “the rumor is Boehner cut a deal with Pelosi.”

According to those sources, outgoing House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) agreed that her Democratic caucus would join Boehner along with a handful of Boehner loyalists and moderate establishment Republicans to continue Planned Parenthood funding, along with a few other budget items President Obama says were must-haves, in order to avoid a Government shutdown.

Boehner resigned because he knew that after he cut that deal, conservatives in his own party would be so furious with him that it would make challenges to his Speakership a certainty, sources say. Even if he survived those challenges, his remaining year and three months in office would be contentious and personally uncomfortable for him.
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Breitbart News has not confirmed these statements made by sources on Capitol Hill with anyone who is willing to go on-the-record.
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http://www.breitbart.com/big-govern...er-cut-deal-pelosi-avoid-government-shutdown/

 

[JK/SEA]

Rumors on Capitol Hill: Boehner Cut Deal With Pelosi to Avoid Government Shutdown

thats a pretty risky move.

I see a bad moon rising...

 

[RonPaulMall]

My ideal candidate? Justin Amash or Tom McClintock.

The more realistic candidate? Kevin McCarthy.

Which non-Liberty Caucus candidate do I hope beats McCarthy? Jeb Hensarling.

Hensarling would be my first choice among the "realistic" options too. As long as it is not McCarthy though. If Rubio is Mark Zuckerberg's personal Senator, then McCarthy is his personal Representative.

 

[Sola_Fide]

Is this why he was crying yesterday ?

Boehner sees his god!

 

[Chieppa1]

Seriously, though.

How much you want to wager there's some sort of sex scandal or financial impropriety hiding in his closet?

If you believe Alex Jones, pedophile ring.

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Seriously, though.

How much you want to wager there's some sort of sex scandal or financial impropriety hiding in his closet?

Isn't there always?

EXCLUSIVE: #Boehner’s Replacement Is Carrying On Long Running Affair With Congresswoman

Neither McCarthy, nor Ellmers has denied it and now that McCarthy is next in line for the speakership of the House the affair has taken on new relevance.
Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at the U.S. Capitol July 28, 2011 in Washington, DC.

Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-NC) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (center) at the U.S. Capitol July 28, 2011 in Washington, DC.

Multiple sources within Bakersfield, North Carolina, & on Capitol Hill tell Gotnews.com that Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Renee Ellmers (R-NC) have been carrying on a long-running affair since 2011.

The affair is something of an open secret in Washington, D.C. Reporters at other publications, lobbyists, congressional staffers of both parties all know about it. One staffer for a congressman describes it as the “biggest open secret” in D.C. A lobbyist describes Ellmers as a “social climber who has ingratiated herself” with McCarthy.

House leadership also knows about the affair. Speaker John Boehner reportedly told McCarthy to stop the affair once McCarthy was elected Majority Leader says a well placed congressional staffer.
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http://gotnews.com/breaking-exclusive-dc-sources-rep-kevin-mccarthy-rep-renee-ellmers-affair

 

[pmbug]

Rumors on Capitol Hill: Boehner Cut Deal With Pelosi to Avoid Government Shutdown

So, essentially, he is a coward trying to escape the consequences of his actions/decisions. If he can't defend them, he shouldn't do them.

 

[DevilsAdvocate]

Apparently they are saying that he's doing it because of the Pope's visit. That the Pope's talk about compassion changed his heart. In his speech he said that he "woke up, got down on my knees and prayed like I always do. Then, spur of the moment, I just decided that was it." (paraphrasing).

 

[Liberty74]

Bonehead should step into a prison cell with others to follow. Just saying...

 

[erowe1]

Apparently they are saying that he's doing it because of the Pope's visit. That the Pope's talk about compassion changed his heart. In his speech he said that he "woke up, got down on my knees and prayed like I always do. Then, spur of the moment, I just decided that was it." (paraphrasing).

That's just Democrat spin. Boehner and the communist pope are two peas in a pod.

 

[vita3]

Last GOP speaker Denny Hastert sold us out to Turkey & child molested...

 

[pcosmar]

He will vacate his seat Oct 31

-t

All Hallows Eve.

 

[PaleoPaul]

Of course, we all know who we REALLY want as Speaker...

 

[jkr]

#NOONEBUTPAUL!

 

[Slave Mentality]

Boner will be missed like the drunk uncle you would never leave your kids alone with.