House speakers have never taken direction from the White House about who should and should not serve as committee chairs. In ...

"You know, when I got appointed to this committee the only thing John Boehner ever asked me to do is just make sure the committee functions – that's it," Dent said, and he said the next speaker ...

The same year, as majority whip, he made himself the unofficial social chair of the GOP conference ... Former House speaker Newt Gingrich has said that John Boehner “just got worn out ...