Federal Government Policy and Business

Boehner’s Departure Sets Off Legislative and Political Races

Time: The autumn before the Iowa caucuses all eyes are usually out on the campaign trail, with Presidential politics overshadowing anything that might be happening in what is usually a fairly sleepy Washington. Not so this year thanks to House Speaker John Boehner’s abrupt resignation, which has served to tear up the legislation and political calendars.

Boehner’s October 30 departure has set off two racing clocks: first, a legislative one as he seeks to “clean the barn up a little bit before the next person gets here,” as he told Face the Nation on Sunday. On the table: funding for the government for the next year, raising the debt ceiling, funding the Ex-Im bank, a multi-year transportation infrastructure bill, tax extenders vital to the business community and a reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration.

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