You won’t have Speaker John Boehner to kick around anym– oh, wait, never mind, maybe you will!
Speaker John Boehner has agreed to stay on as Speaker–not just until the Caucus nominates someone –but, until that person can confirm 218 votes on the House floor (needed to take the Speaker’s gavel). Short of that – Boehner will stay on for the rest of this Congress and steer legislation that is pending.
Conservative House Republicans who were fed up with Boehner, opposed Kevin McCarthy, and hadn’t yet unified around an alternative… have now set up circumstances where Boehner is now sticking around until further notice.
Will everyone who took credit for driving out Boehner now take it back?