John Boehner Article

Facts:
1. House Speaker John Boehner’s mantra is that the House should “work its will".
2. He doesn’t have the backing to pull the trigger on a deal.

3. Boehner was forced back to the drawing board on his first package of spending cuts.
4. Boehner failed to cut a multitrillion-dollar deficit-reduction deal with President Barack Obama after the mere perception that he might give ground on taxes filtered back to his troop.

5. Boehner had to pull his debt-limit bill from the floor at the eleventh hour before reviving it with concessions to conservatives.
6. Boehner’s Republicans have used the leverage of controlling a single chamber of Congress to slash $1 trillion or so from the budget over the next decade.

7. Boehner has historically claimed that he supports the will of the House working its way.

8. Boehner thinks being Speaker of House is difficult.

Questions:

1. Why does it seem like Boehner is incompetent?

2. Is Boehner doing more good or bad?

3. How did he fail to cut a multitrillion-dollar deficit-reduction deal with President Barack Obama?

4. When do new Speaker of the House's get elected?

5. Can Boehner improve what he is doing now?