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)
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.
