reaking News: Speaker John A. Boehner will resign from Congress at the end of October

Boehner Will Resign from Congress

Speaker John A. Boehner at a news conference on Capitol Hill in July.

ZACH GIBSON / THE NEW YORK TIMES

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

WASHINGTON — Speaker John A. Boehnerwill resign from Congress and give up his House seat at the end of October, according to aides in his office.

Mr. Boehner was under extreme pressure from the right wing of his conference over whether or not to defund Planned Parenthood in a bill to keep the government open.

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