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John Andrew Boehner ( /ˈbeɪnər/ BAY-nər; born November 17, 1949) is the 61st and current Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Republican Party, he is the U.S. Representative from Ohio's 8th congressional district, serving since 1991. The district includes several rural and suburban areas near Cincinnati and Dayton, and a small portion of Dayton itself.
Boehner previously served as the House Minority Leader from 2007 until 2011, and House Majority Leader from 2006 until 2007. As Speaker of the House, Boehner is second in line to the presidency of the United States following the Vice President in accordance with the Presidential Succession Act.
Boehner was born in Reading, Ohio, the son of Mary Anne (née Hall) and Earl Henry Boehner, the second of twelve children. His father was of German descent and his mother had German and Irish ancestry. He grew up in modest circumstances, having shared one bathroom with his eleven siblings in a two-bedroom house in Cincinnati. His parents slept on a pull-out couch. He started working at his family's bar at age 8, a business founded by their grandfather Andy Boehner in 1938. He has lived in Southwest Ohio his entire life. All but two of his siblings still live within a few miles of each other; two are unemployed and most of the others have blue-collar jobs.
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i always got a sad emotion
think about the days gone by
my love was deeper than the ocean
when i had you by my side
leavin‘ someday you were breakin‘ my heart
never ever felt so blue
but now i found a trace and i will follow you
i heard you live your life in america
and that you made your dreams come true
i‘m gonna take a trip to america
cause all i ever need is you
i heard you live your life in america
and that you made your dreams come true
i‘m gonna take a trip to america
cause all i ever need is you
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ev'rything that i remember
makes me wanna be with you
and since the day we kissed so tender