Rep. John Boehner to Take Gavel as House Speaker
With the 112th Congress starting this week, Ohio’s Rep. John Boehner is set to take his seat as the new Speaker of the House. What kind of Speaker he’ll be remains to be seen. Will he follow in the steps of Newt Gingrich, who became Speaker when Republicans took control of the House back in 1994?
We speak with Jennifer Rubin, who writes the conservative blog “Right Turn” for The Washington Post. She says that the most important change may be a move to bring more old fashioned accountability to Congress.
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