Robillard reports: "'I don't quite honestly believe that Speaker Boehner would be speaker if that happens,' Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Fox News in a report that aired Monday. 'I think he would lose his speakership. That'd would be my own personal opinion.'"
Would John Boehner lose Speakership if he makes a deal on the sequester? (photo: AP)
GOP Senator: Boehner Would Lose Speakership if He Agreed to Raise Taxes
26 February 13
conservative senator is warning House Speaker John Boehner that he could lose his speakership if he agrees to hike taxes as part of a deal to replace the sequester.
"I don't quite honestly believe that Speaker Boehner would be speaker if that happens," Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Fox News in a report that aired Monday. "I think he would lose his speakership. That'd would be my own personal opinion."
Both Obama and House Republicans said they want to replace the sequester, a $1.2 trillion package of across-the-board spending cuts. Obama wants to use a mixture of cuts and closing tax loopholes, while the GOP insists on no further revenue increases.
Boehner, who broke the so-called Hastert rule to pass a deal to avert the fiscal cliff in January, would most likely again need to rely on Democratic votes to pass the package Obama wants.
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