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UGA political expert: Boehner got tired of fighting right wing
Under challenge by some GOPs, House speaker stepping down citing harm of leadership in turmoil
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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference Friday on Capitol Hill in Washington. In a stunning move, Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatened an institutional crisis.
Ultra-conservatives celebrating House Speaker John Boehner’s departure from Congress might want to tap the brakes a bit, University of Georgia political science professor Charles Bullock said Friday. “If you’re going to try to lead the House the way the very conservative element of the Republican Party wants you to do, you’re not going to get anything done either,” he said. “It’s not that you’re going to replace him and all of the sudden there’s a miracle worker who is ... going to be productive.”