{"id":30896,"date":"2015-09-25T13:45:54","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T13:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2015\/09\/25\/speaker-boehner-stuns-congress-announces-resignation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T06:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T06:37:49","slug":"speaker-boehner-stuns-congress-announces-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2015\/09\/25\/speaker-boehner-stuns-congress-announces-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker Boehner stuns Congress, announces resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WASHINGTON\u00a0\u2014 House Speaker John\u00a0Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hard-line conservative opposition<span class=\"rte rte-comment\"> that threatens an institutional crisis<\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 13-term Ohio Republican shocked his GOP caucus Friday morning when he announced his decision in a closed-door session. It came one day after a high point of\u00a0Boehner&#8217;s\u00a0congressional career, a historic speech by Pope Francis to Congress at\u00a0Boehner&#8217;s\u00a0request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A constant focus of conservatives&#8217; complaints,\u00a0Boehner\u00a0was facing the threat of a floor vote on whether he could stay on as speaker, a formal challenge that hasn&#8217;t happened in over 100 years. That was being pushed by members of the tea party\u00a0who were convinced\u00a0Boehner\u00a0wasn&#8217;t fighting hard enough to strip Planned Parenthood of government funds, even though doing so risked a government shutdown next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;The first job of any speaker is to protect this institution that we all love,&#8221;\u00a0Boehner\u00a0said in a statement not long after announcing his resignation to his colleagues. &#8220;It is my view, however, that prolonged leadership turmoil would do irreparable damage to the institution. To that end, I will resign the speakership and my seat in Congress on Oct. 30.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Over the last five years, our majority has advanced conservative reforms that will help our children and their children,&#8221;\u00a0Boehner\u00a0said. &#8220;I am proud of what we have accomplished.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some conservatives welcomed the announcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Tim Huelskamp of Kansas said: &#8220;It&#8217;s time for new leadership.&#8221; Rep. 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Regardless of what he does,\u00a0Boehner&#8217;s\u00a0departure ensures a major leadership race in which tea party conservatives would be expected to field a candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boehner, with his relaxed and sociable demeanor, love of golf, and well-known tendency to cry in public, was widely popular among House Republicans. Though he is also known as a strong conservative, his tactics were never confrontational enough to satisfy the most conservative faction in the House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boehner&#8217;s\u00a0decision removes the possibility of a damaging vote to strip him of his speakership, a scenario that grew more likely amid the clamor over a possible shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boehner\u00a0took over the speakership in January 2011. His tenure has been defined by his early struggles to reach budget agreements with President\u00a0Obama and his wrestling with the expectations of tea party conservatives who abhorred his tendencies toward deal-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two years ago, conservatives drove him to reluctantly embrace a partial government shutdown in hopes of delaying implementation of Obama&#8217;s new health care law. The tactic was unsuccessful. Nonetheless, tea party lawmakers had been pressing him to retry the tactic to try to take away federal funding from Planned Parenthood following the disclosure of controversial videos involving its practices of procuring fetal tissue for research purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As he told lawmakers Friday of his plan to resign,\u00a0Boehner\u00a0also announced plans to schedule a vote on a government funding bill that includes money for Planned Parenthood before next week&#8217;s deadline. 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