House Speaker John Boehner To Retire

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Speaker John Boehner announced to House Republicans that he is retiring from Congress at the end of October, according to multiple sources in a closed party meeting.

Politico

 

 

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Government Shutdown imminent.

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Apparently a big reason why he is resigning is due to Republicans refusing to compromise. He was trying to pass something to prevent any government shutdowns for the rest of the year. A handful of repubs refused to sign it unless it had a clause defunding planned parenthood.

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The vibe I'm getting from all the articles about it is that Boehner essentially just sacrificed his political career to push through the bill to keep government going.

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I think somebody had something seriously damaging on this dude.

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or he just got tired of dealing with a fracturing Republican party

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Relative to what you may think or expect, he was able to work with Obama on a number of issues in the past. I am not saying he was right or wrong on those issues or any issue in particular... But Republicans have had waning faith in him for over a year now. Mark Meadows tried to pass a motion to "vacate the chair" which would have required Boehner to step down back in July I think. It's only been attempted twice in this country's history.

 

And Boehner created a war path.. Anyone who voted against him or his leadership would be stripped of committee positions they held.

Again, I am not arguing the politics of Democrats VS Republicans. I am not saying the compromises Boehner made were good or bad. But he didn't have the support of his party any longer and it is probably best to move on.