WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehner, under intense pressure from conservatives in his party, will resign one of the most powerful positions in government and give up his House seat at the end of October, throwing Congress into chaos as it tries to avert a government shutdown.

Mr. Boehner, who was first elected to Congress in 1990, made the announcement in an emotional meeting with his fellow Republicans on Friday morning.

The Ohio representative struggled from almost the moment he took the speaker’s gavel in 2011 to manage the challenges of divided government and to hold together his fractious and increasingly conservative Republican members.

Good now lets replace him with someone that's actually a little bipartisan

Quote from: SoporificSlash on September 25, 2015, 10:03:42 AM

Good now lets replace him with someone that's actually a little bipartisan

What? Boehner has been noted for being bipartisan; he's pretty much resigning because he won't be able to deal with the backlash from Republicans after he pushed through a budget with the Democrats and a small group of moderates in his own party.

Quote from: Luciana on September 26, 2015, 01:39:37 PM

It's hard to tell if that's good or bad.

Well, considering he helped get a number of Tea Party Republicans elected in 2010...