Speaker Boehner to Resign at End of October

WASHINGTON (AP) - John Boehner is walking away from Congress -- and from the post of Speaker of the House.

    

He's told fellow Republicans today that he will be resigning his House seat at the end of October.

    

The move comes amid a fierce battle with conservatives over funding for Planned Parenthood. Conservatives have demanded that any legislation to keep the government operating past next Wednesday remove federal funding from the organization.

    

Some conservative House members are welcoming today's announcement. Republican Tom Massie of Kentucky says Boehner brought it on himself -- saying the speaker had "subverted our republic." And Tim Huelskamp of Kansas said it's "time for new leadership."

    

But more mainstream Republicans said the right wing has scored a small victory that will come back to haunt them. David Jolly of Florida denounced what he called "the idiocy of those members who seek to continually divide us."

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