Block Quote by Stephen Colbert

Well, it looks like John Boehner will be the new Speaker of the House. He is the son of a bartender, one of 12…

— Jay Leno

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

I admire John Boehner greatly. He's a great public servant. I think people are going to miss him in the long run because he's…

— Jeb Bush

Next week John Boehner will be sitting behind Barack Obama at the State of the Union address. I think Obama should purposely try to…

— Bill Maher

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

Democratic Rep. Charles Schumer of New York made a plea to Livingston, the incoming speaker. These new hearings, these new subpoenas wave a red…

— Charles Schumer

There is hardly a congressman prepared to go home until he has at least one speech printed and sent to his constituents, and he…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

Watch the speech. Really, watch: if this man gets his party's nomination, he's going to be the next president. By a landslide. And he…

— Rod Dreher

Paul Ryan needs to step down as Speaker of the House.

— Jeanine Pirro

There`s no confirmation process for the staffers that the president puts around him at the White House. Those are the people he chooses to…

— Susan Page

If they can get 15 or higher, it will be a very bad night for House Speaker Paul Ryan. Ryan twisted himself into a…

— Mara Liasson

In his first speech as Speaker, Boehner thanked his loved ones - tobacco lobbyists, the oil companies, the CEOs.

— Jay Leno