2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumRon Johnson: John Boehner Would Lose Speakership If He Caves On Taxes To Avert Sequester
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) would lose his speakership if he agrees to new tax revenues to avert the across-the-board spending cuts that are set to kick in on March 1.
"I don't quite honestly think that Speaker Boehner would be speaker if that happens," Johnson told Fox News of Boehner caving on taxes as part of a sequester replacement package. "I think he would lose his speakership."
Johnson's comments raise questions about Boehner's leadership post for the second time in as many months. Similar claims made during fiscal cliff talks in December, when some accused Boehner of being more concerned with protecting his job as speaker than with brokering a deal. The pressure on Boehner intensified after his proposal to avoid the fiscal cliff was rejected by members of his own party.
It's unlikely his speakership is in jeopardy. Boehner retained his position, despite reports of friction, with just 10 House Republicans voting against him in his Jan 3. reelection.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/02/25/ron-johnson-john-boehner_n_2762693.html
still_one
(92,219 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)add: it just seems longer
still_one
(92,219 posts)and the last 6 were them. ugh
so you are right it seems longer.
What bothers me is we won big in 2012, yet why doesn't it seem like it?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)Ron Johnson is such a boob he should be featured in a Seth MacFarlane musical number.
Drunken Irishman
(34,857 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,950 posts)the Speaker will keep or lose his position is best suited to give a response to that?
Can we hope that Boehner will give a similar response to Johnson? Maybe Johnson should take better care of his Johnson?