Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) on Friday said he was not concerned
about losing his Speakership, a day after House Republicans refused to
support his fallback plan to avoid most of the fiscal cliff.
“No,
I’m not,” Boehner said in response to a question at a Capitol press
conference, where he was joined by his chief lieutenant, Majority Leader
Eric Cantor (R-Va.).
The Speaker suffered the most embarrassing defeat of his two-year
tenure on Thursday when he was forced to cancel a planned vote on
legislation that would have allowed tax rates to rise on family income
of more than $1 million.
Boehner, who sent the House home for Christmas,
said it was up to President Obama and the Democratic-led Senate to act
to prevent a set of painful tax increases and spending cuts from taking
effect beginning Jan. 1.
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