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FILE - In this June 11, 2015 file photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says he's committed to passing a major trade deal as soon as possible, but he has not figured a way out of Congress' logjam on legislation that's a priority for President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

John Boehner, House speaker: Hillary Clinton is lying about State Department emails

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

Pope Francis, an Argentine who has never visited the U.S., said he planned to visit Washington and New York City as part of his trip to the World Meeting of Families, which is scheduled for September in Philadelphia. (Associated Press File)

Pope Francis is coming to Washington — and will reach an even bigger crowd

By Matt Hadro - Catholic News Agency

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio calls on a reporters during his weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 26, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Boehner backs punishing rogue Republicans

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

Matt Drudge (Associated Press/Brian K. Diggs) ** FILE **

Matt Drudge rips GOP leadership: ‘Night of the Republican suicide’

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles as she speaks to the Associated Press in her office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

DEFECTIONS: Defense bill shows Pelosi’s power waning in House

By Joseph Curl - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio listens at left as President Barack Obama speaks to media during a meeting with bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss a wide range of issues, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

John Boehner needs to ‘do his job’ and pass trade authority: White House

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2013 file photo, House Financial Service Committee Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, left, listens as House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner says thousands of jobs would &#8220;disappear pretty quickly&#8221; if the Export-Import Bank were to abruptly expire when its charter runs out at the end of June.The Ohio Republican says he&#8217;s told a top GOP colleague Hensarling, to come up with a plan to reform or wind down the operations of the bank, which helps finance exports of U.S. products such as jetliners and wind turbines. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Child visiting Capitol found loaded gun in John Boehner’s bathroom: report

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Republicans breaking campaign promises illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

L. BRENT BOZELL: Republicans in Congress breaking promises to conservatives

By L. Brent Bozell III

In this photo taken March 12, 2015, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio talks with local residents and business owners at Common Grounds Coffehouse and Cafe in Bluffton, Ohio. Jordan says his band of GOP rebels is considering upcoming spending bills for ways to repeal President Barack Obama’s action easing deportation. The four-term Ohio congressman says he doesn’t want to bring negotiations on federal spending and other matters to a halt. His newly-named Freedom Caucus, numbering perhaps 30 Republicans, wants to help Republicans negotiate tough issues as close to conservative principles as possible. (AP Photo/J.D. Pooley)

House GOP rebel leader walks line as party tries to govern

By LAURIE KELLMAN - Associated Press

In this Feb. 26, 2015, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio talks about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Winners in a bruising struggle with Republicans over homeland security funding and immigration, minority Democrats had unity on their side, along with a politician&#8217;s understandable fear of terrorist attacks and the Constitution&#8217;s separation of powers. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

EDITORIAL: The humiliation of John Boehner

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A large crowd forms near a stage where President Barack Obama will speak and then take a symbolic walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, Saturday, March 7, 2015, in Selma, Ala. This weekend marks the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday,' a civil rights march in which protestors were beaten, trampled and tear-gassed by police at the Edmund Pettus Bridge, in Selma. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Obama on Selma’s 50th anniversary: America’s racial past ‘still casts its long shadow’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio responds to reporters about the impasse over passing the Homeland Security budget because of Republican efforts to block President Obama's executive actions on immigration, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2015, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: Republican leadership is a myth

By Judson Phillips

In this Feb. 25, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks to reporters following a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner has a possible escape from the homeland security funding impasse if he’s willing to use it: cooperative Democrats. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

John Boehner sets vote on ‘clean’ homeland security bill

By S.A. Miller - The Washington Times

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio walks to the House chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, for a procedural vote as Congress moves toward a spending bill for the Homeland Security Department hours before a shutdown was to begin. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Homeland Security funding deal elusive

By Kimberly Hefling - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 1, 2014 file photo, President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. President Barack Obama does not intend to be silent or out of sight when Netanyahu addresses Congress in a visit that was arranged by Speaker John Boehner behind the administration&#8217;s back. The breach of protocol has grown to what seems like a grudge match between two men who dislike each other. Vice President Biden will be out of town during Netanyahu&#8217;s speech, leaving an empty chair behind the Israeli leader&#8217;s podium and Secretary of State John Kerry may conveniently find a foreign trip to be on that day as well. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

JEFF BALLABON: Time to be honest about Israel

By Jeff Ballabon

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., accompanied by Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., right, talks about his move to disentangle one of two contested immigration measures from the Homeland Security budget and debate the issues separately, as the Senate faces an impasse over provisions attached to the spending bill aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

JUDSON PHILLIPS: It is time for Mitch McConnell to go

By Judson Phillips

Then-CIA Director nominee Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington in this June 9, 2011, file photo. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Panetta: Netanyahu invite splits parties on bipartisan issue

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., accompanied by House Democrats, calls on their GOP colleagues to pass a funding bill for the Homeland Security Department that does not contain provisions aimed at blocking President Barack Obama's executive actions on immigration, Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, on Capitol Hill in Washington5. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Boehner raises possibility of Homeland Security shutdown

Associated Press

President Obama has been ordering airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq for more than six months, citing under authorizations from 2001 and 2002 to fight al Qaeda and send troops to Iraq. (Associated Press)

Republicans question Obama resolve after underwhelming Islamic State war powers request

By Jacqueline Klimas - The Washington Times