CBS: Boehner Had ‘High’ of Pope Visit and ‘Low’ of Meeting With Conservatives

Kyle Drennen | September 25, 2015
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An hour before news broke that House Speaker John Boehner would be resigning from Congress at the end of October, on CBS This Morning, Face the Nation moderator John Dickerson declared that the Republican leader “had the high and the low yesterday, spending time with the Pope and then three hours with those conservatives who are giving him a lot of trouble on trying to keep the government open and funded...

At the top of the segment, co-host Norah O’Donnell proclaimed: “In Washington this morning, lawmakers are trying to tap into a spirit of cooperation. Pope Francis used those words yesterday when he called for members of Congress to work together.” She observed that the papal visit was “a big moment” for Boehner and asked Dickerson: “Do you think it ends up having an impact, though, on the fights that are ahead?”

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