Speaker Boehner isn't respected by the US House.

Remember, Cruz runs the House.

9/25/14
By Russell Berman

Members of the House (click here) clamoring for a vote on President Obama's expanded war against the Islamic State will have to wait until 2015 – if they get one at all.

Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told the New York Times that while he now sees a need for a more extensive congressional debate on the military campaign, he doesn't think it should occur during the lame-duck session after the November midterm elections....

US Rep. Boehner isn't liked by most folks in Ohio, by the way. 


8/23/2014 (Updated)
By Ariel Edwards Levi

House Speaker John Boehner (click here) is disliked by a majority of voters in his home state of Ohio, according to a poll released Friday by the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling.

Just 20 percent of voters polled said they approved of his work in Congress, down from 33 percent in an October PPP poll.

A majority, 59 percent, said they disapproved of Boehner's work. Even Republicans were roughly split on his performance, with 37 percent approving, and 34 percent disapproving, according to the poll.

The poll used automated phone interviews to survey 551 voters between August 16 and August 19....