John Boehner - Obama Presidency Oral History Back John Boehner Index / People Transcripts Leon Panetta ...engaged with these negotiations with [John] Boehner , and it looked like they might be abl... Rob Nabors ...That's fine. And I'm still close with John Boehner 's chief of staff to this day, ge... ...2012 phone call, President Obama told Speaker Boehner that tax rates for wealthy American... Jason Furman ...than it was in the past—you know, [John A.] Boehner was not a strong leader able to full... ...grand bargain negotiations with then- Speaker Boehner . And I think Tim Geithner and Jac... ...post office, et cetera.” At that point, Speaker Boehner said, “Well, I can't go out and do al... ...level in those discussions, felt that [John A.] Boehner really pulled the rug out from under u... Jeanne Lambrew ...was not speaker at that time— John Boehner and the CEO of Walmart, as well as th... ...ceremony in the Rose Garden with John Boehner and Orrin Hatch. And it was a grea... Pete Rouse ...And clearly, once he got in there, with [John A.] Boehner and [Eric I.] Cantor and the rest o... ...the meeting, House Minority Leader John Boehner had instructed his members to vot... ...you had Eric Cantor nipping at John Boehner 's heels, and he was the very ambitiou... Timothy Geithner ...because of an approach from Speaker [John A.] Boehner —decided that he would make an attemp... ...leadership, Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner , while they were allowing thei... ...I'm certain that Mitch McConnell and Speaker Boehner understood that it was untenable fo... ...of negotiations back and forth with Speaker Boehner , you had made a proposal, and Speake... ...Boehner, you had made a proposal, and Speaker Boehner eventually responded with what's calle... Arne Duncan ...today. Were you afraid that Speaker [John A.] Boehner 's resignation would derail the abilit... ...before the end of the—? Yes. I mean, Speaker Boehner was a dealmaker. So again, there's lot... Load more Transcripts Related Topics go to the Healthcare Healthcare go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the East Wing East Wing go to the Transition Transition go to the Gun Control Gun Control