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The last ten years, what an honor its been to work for john boehner. you talked about house protocol. its not protocol to have the previous speaker walk off the floor the way john boehner did. that was a gesture he was making to his colleagues and to paul ryan to say, its someone elses sterm and im leaving now. thats an amazing statement of what a leader john boehner was. sort of mixed emotions for all of us who know boehner and know paul ryan and are excited about having our partys best spokesm...

Predicated on entirely unrelated legislation and refused to hold a vote on loretta lynch for five months after her nomination. which meant that not only did she face one of the longest waits to become attorney general ever, not only was she stuck waiting around, but eric holder was stuck too. holder could not quit his job when he wanted to. republicans professed to hate him. but because of that epic delay by republicans eric holder could not leave. inside the justice department among members of ...

A vote on loretta lynch for five months after her nomination. which meant that not only did she face one of the longest waits to become attorney general ever, not only was she stuck waiting around, but eric holder was stuck too. holder could not quit his job when he wanted to. republicans professed to hate him. but because of that epic delay by republicans eric holder could not leave. inside the justice department among members of his staff these became the new must-have item. "free eric holder"...

Obamas war on coal. sending a detailed letter to every governor in the u.s. laying out a carefully researched legal argument as to why states should not comply with mr. obamas regularegulations. since senator mcconnell doesnt like these rules, hes telling states not to follow them. and his bud ne the house? first speaker boehner snubbed the president inviting israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to address congress behind his back. he wanted netanyahu to argue against negotiations with iran...

Job of majority leader, which is so policy driven, youre managing every bill that comes to the floor. thats going to be a hurdle for mccarthy. hes going to have to build some new skill sets. those guys will fill i think some of the space. >> i think whats good for boehner here, he doesnt have to look over his shoulder and -- >> mccarthy is going to be speaking. >> now boehner is essentially more secure in his position now. >> and isnt going anywhere. >> mccarthy does have the support of paul rya...

>> well, i think the most interesting issue on the table for doing it again is immigration reform. because i think when you looked at the 221 votes for -- to extend the debt ceiling, which was all but a couple of democrats and 28 republicans, a lot of those republicans are people who would also vote for immigration reform. thats a majority. now boehner is sending all these signals to try to appease the tea party. we cant do this because we dont trust obama. but hes also sending a lot of signals ...

Boehner in that conversation with gohmert. he said okay, were going to do this with votes from the other party. he said weve done it before and well do it again. what do you think the prospects are of him doing it again and in what legislative arenas? >> well, i think the most interesting issue on the table for doing it again is immigration reform. because i think when you looked at the 221 votes for -- to extend the debt ceiling, which was all but a couple of democrats and 28 republicans, a lot...

Attacks from the mainstream of their party by playing victim. they love playing this to the mean old mainstream out there. a coalition of more than 50 high-profile conservatives known as the conservative action project has put out this statement. it is clear that the conservative movements has come under attack on the capitol hill. quote, john boehner has apparently decided to join mitch mcconnell on the war on conservatives. mcconnell called us fringe traders who should be locked in a barn and ...

>> what theyre going to do to that person whos working, whos scraped and bought a house -- >> paying his paycheck to washington. >> paying the money to washington and the mortgage. and theyre threatening a recession. theyre threatening to take the equity out of that house. >> already talked on the edge of making the move. stamping this thing. they dont trust it. "the washington post" reporting today after the house republican congress meeting quote, emerging from e in meeting tuesday morning wal...

That person whos working, whos scraped and bought a house -- >> paying his paycheck to washington. >> paying the money to washington and the mortgage. and theyre threatening a recession. theyre threatening to take the equity out of that house. >> already talked on the edge of making the move. stamping this thing. they dont trust it. "the washington post" reporting today after the house republican congress meeting quote, emerging from e in meeting tuesday morning walter jones of north carolina sa...