"Breaking News
9/25/15, "Boehner to Quit in October, Under Pressure From the Right," NY Times
............................9/25/15, "GOP Lawmakers: Speaker Boehner to resign at end of October," AP, Erica Werner and Alan Fram
"In a stunning move,
House Speaker John Boehner informed Republicans on Friday that he would
step down at the end of October, giving up his coveted leadership post
and his seat in Congress in the face of hardline conservative
opposition.
The 13-term Ohio Republican
shocked his GOP caucus early Friday morning when he informed them of his
decision in a closed-door session. It came one day after the high point
of Boehner's congressional career, a historic speech by Pope Francis to
Congress at Boehner's request.
Rep. John
Mica, R-Fla., said Boehner "just does not want to become the issue. Some
people have tried to make him the issue both in Congress and outside."
Conservatives
have demanded that any legislation to keep the government operating
past Wednesday's midnight deadline strip Planned Parenthood of his
funds, a move rejected by the more pragmatic lawmakers. The dispute had
threatened Boehner's speakership and roiled the GOP caucus.
Boehner took over the speakership in January 2011."
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