Today rang in a new era in Washington as the Republican majority settled into their places in the House of Representatives and their leader, House Speaker John Boehner, took the gavel away from ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. On Thursday, John Boehner survived some conservative defections to narrowly win re-election as Speaker of the House, prompting a ...

Ever since the American public discovered that John Boehner has functioning tear ducts, the Dayton-area congressman has been a target of ridicule. Although, to be fair, it merely supplanted the ...

Pope Francis spoke before Congress Thursday, and numerous politicians lived up to their most iconic moments. IJ Review has video of Speaker John Boehner being moved to tears in the background: Pope ...

House Speaker John Boehner is an emotional guy. His eyes were brimming with tears when he first assumed the speakership after the 2010 elections and he wept almost throughout Pope Francis’ visit to ...

The conservative website The Drudge Report on Friday mocked the announcement of House Speaker John Boehner’s (R-OH) resignation as “one last cry.” Here’s a screenshot of the splash: Boehner, who’s ...

We've had to adjust to so many strange developments lately. I'm sure we'll get used to having a speaker of the House who weeps a lot. That would be John Boehner, the new guy. "He is known to cry," the ...