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US House Speaker Boehner to resign
Decision comes as Congress faces government shutdown threat
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Fri, Sep 25, 2015 · 09:50 PM
Washington
HOUSE Speaker John Boehner will resign from Congress at the end of October, lawmakers said, following repeated clashes with conservative members of his Republican conference including a potential government shutdown next week.
Mr Boehner is citing the defeat last year of former No 2 Republican Eric Cantor and his meeting this week with Pope Francis as among reasons, according to a Republican aide. There is no obvious successor. He announced his decision to rank and file Republicans on Friday morning.
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