1) His "package" of spending cuts did not work out.
2) "Boehner’s Republicans have used the leverage of controlling a single chamber of Congress to slash $1 trillion or so from the budget over the next decade."
3) He wrote "an overhaul of pension laws."
4) "Boehner doesn’t exercise authoritarian power."
5) He threatened to puncish "recalcitrant Republicans by taking away committee assignments."
6) “Speaker Boehner has historically claimed that he supports the will of the House working its way."
7) After winning control of the House, his personality has not changed...
8) House speaker and house majority leader are not the same position.
Questions
1) What exactly does the role of house speaker have?
2) What does it mean when one controls a "single chamber of Congress"?
3) How would one exercise "authoritarian power" in the House?
4) Is he not really opposed to the outcome of each "debate" over each issue?
5) What is so significant about Boehner?
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