
** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, listens March 5, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill following a Republican strategy session. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, listens on Tuesday, March 5, 2013, during a news conference on Capitol Hill following a Republican strategy session. (Associated Press)

Following a closed-door party caucus, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, accompanied by fellow GOP leaders, meets with reporters, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, to challenge President Obama and the Senate to avoid the automatic spending cuts set to take effect in a few days. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol after a meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama and the top four congressional leaders hours before billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts were to start, in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013. The meeting — lasting less than an hour — yielded no immediate results. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

** FILE ** Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, arrives at the Capitol after a meeting at the White House between President Barack Obama and the top four congressional leaders hours before billions of dollars in mandatory budget cuts were to start, in Washington, Friday, March 1, 2013. The meeting — lasting less than an hour — yielded no immediate results. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

** FILE ** House Speaker John A. Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters outside the White House on March 1, 2013, following a meeting with President Obama and Congressional leaders regarding the automatic spending cuts. (Associated Press)

**FILE** President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, sit during a ceremony to dedicate a statue of civil rights icon Rosa Parks on Feb. 27, 2013, in the Capitol's Statuary Hall. (Associated Press)