Boehner’s Restive Republican Caucus Hinders Bid to Build Legacy
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, listens during a news conference after a House Republican Conference meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014.
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John Boehner’s official online biography as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives boasts that he eliminated legislative pork spending and required bills to be posted three days before a vote.
It’s not exactly the legacy of a Henry Clay or a Sam Rayburn. And this next term for Boehner probably won’t do much to change that.