That’s House Speaker John Boehner to You

It’s official: On Wednesday, the House of Representatives named its next speaker, replacing weeks of rumors with reality by handing Ohio Rep. John Boehner the gavel, “which I accept cheerfully and gratefully, knowing I am but its caretaker,” he said. 

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USA Today:

Boehner was formally nominated by Texas Rep. Jeb Hensarling, chairman of the GOP conference. Hensarling hailed Boehner’s up-from-the-bootstraps life story, noting the Ohio lawmaker is one of 12 children and waited tables and mopped floors to get through college.

“He has lived the American dream and will protect it for our posterity,” Hensarling said.

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AP / Alex Brandon

The gavel and sound block for House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is taken through Statuary Hall to the floor of the House on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday.