The last Speaker to step down ……
John Andrew Boehner (/ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər;[a][3] born November 17, 1949) is an American retired politician who served as the 53rd speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.[4] A member of the Republican Party, he served 13 terms as the U.S. representative for Ohio’s 8th congressional district from 1991 to 2015. The district included several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton.
Boehner previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. In January 2011, he was elected Speaker. Boehner resigned from the House of Representatives in October 2015 due to opposition from within the Republican conference.
In September 2016, Squire Patton Boggs, the third-largest lobbying firm in the U.S., announced that Boehner would join their firm. It was also announced that he would become a board member of Reynolds American.[5]…
Note….
Current House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
Is
The man who wanted to be Speaker ….
Period…..
He used promise’s he couldn’t keep…
It will most likely cost him his job….
He isn’t the only one to have this happen to him…
The part IS Eating their Own…..
There is now an even longer list of former Republican Speakers of the House.
At least John Boehner and Paul Ryan have relatively little to be embarrassed about.