Michael Steel, a Boehner spokesman, dismissed the reports, telling the Huffington Post that “these inside-the-Beltway parlor games take place every two years. The speaker has made clear publicly he intends to remain in his position in the next Congress.’’
Boehner, 63, has not been acting like he plans to retire. He has been aggressively raising campaign money for House Republicans and was in Wyoming last week campaigning for a GOP incumbent.
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