Boehner

Obama-era Speaker

Boehner is a German surname, most notably borne by John Boehner, Republican congressman from Ohio who served as Speaker of the U.S.

House of Representatives from 2011 to 2015.

The name is properly pronounced BAY-ner, though its spelling invites mispronunciation.

politician

House

Building for habitation

Republican · Tea Party · resignation · gavel · bipartisanship · caucus · lobbyist · incumbent · reelection · leadership

persona

tears

Violent pulls apart

Merlot · cigarettes · bartender · sweeping · country club · Catholic · crooner

conservative

fiscal

Of public revenue

spending cuts · debt reduction · pro-business · establishment · moderate · compromise · right-wing

Ohio

Cincinnati

Ohio's third-largest city

Lakota · district · constituency · hometown · Ohio River · heartland

Opposites
institutional role

Boehnersenator

Upper chamber member

Mitch McConnell · Chuck Schumer · upper chamber · Supreme Court Justice

leadership style within party

BoehnerTed Cruz

Tea Party · Matt Gaetz · Marjorie Taylor Greene

Family

bone, bones, boned, boning, boner, boners, bony, bonier, boniest

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Mostly American · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G