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John Andrew Boehner (/ ˈ b eɪ n ər / BAY-nər; [a] [3] born November 17, 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015. [4] A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 8th congressional district from 1991 to ...
On October 29, 2015, during the 114th United States Congress, an election for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives was necessitated by the impending resignation of John Boehner, set for October 30. [1] Boehner was the first speaker to resign in the middle of a Congressional term since Jim Wright in 1989. [2]
New emails show controversial confidante Sidney Blumenthal advised Clinton to attack House Speaker John Boehner in the leadup to the 2010 midterm elections.
[13] [14] Subsequently, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the presumptive favorite to succeed John Boehner, unexpectedly withdrew his candidacy for the job. [15] October 29, 2015: Paul Ryan was elected to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House receiving 236 votes (of 432 votes cast). [5] He is the youngest Speaker since James G. Blaine in ...
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The former House speaker said Thursday that Republicans won't deliver on a years-long promise to repeal the Affordable Care Act.
The speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives.The House elects its speaker at the beginning of a new Congress (i.e. biennially, after a general election) or when a speaker dies, resigns or is removed from the position intra-term.
A special election to the United States House of Representatives for Ohio's 8th congressional district was held to determine the successor to John Boehner, who resigned his seat on October 31, 2015. [1] Republican Governor of Ohio John Kasich set the primary election for March 15, 2016, and the general