Tea party Quote by Michael Wolff

“Ailes had a suggestion: “Speaker Boehner.” (John Boehner had been the Speaker of the House until he was forced out in a Tea Party…

— Michael Wolff

House Speaker John Boehner and presumed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell understand the art of politics.

— Pete Hoekstra

John Boehner will be the new speaker unless, out of habit, he blocks his own confirmation.

— Stephen Colbert

When you see John Boehner crying, believe you me, it's because he cannot control, uh, that wild contingency called the Tea Party.

— Gwen Moore

House Speaker John Boehner said the Republican Party will no longer stand in the way of gay marriage. Then Boehner said, 'Now can I…

— Conan O'Brien

John Boehner chose a huge gavel. I think somebody's compensating for his small government.

— Stephen Colbert

“They’re politicians,’ Win said. ‘They’d lie and evade if you asked them what they had for breakfast.”

— Harlan Coben

John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two decades in…

— Matt Taibbi

Kevin McCarthy, who is the House majority leader, was pretty open. He went out and recruited candidates. And the Republicans in the House have…

— Mark Shields

“smoke up my ass and tell me who’s got your balls in a vice.” “Senator Burwick called”

— Christy Hayes

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner played golf this weekend. Obama’s handicap is Joe Biden.

— Jay Leno

Unfortunately, the Republican leadership in the House right now seems to have been strangled by the tea party,

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz