John A. Boehner
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Boehner John A. Boehner
The House majority leader, Representative John A. Boehner of Ohio, who has not been keen on the travel restrictions, was noticeably absent from the morning news conference where Mr. Dreier and other House leaders, including Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, announced their plan. Later, asked about the travel provisions, Mr. Boehner said that there's some discontent over that. Yet another member of the leadership, Representative Thomas M. Reynolds of New York, chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, which is charged with helping to elect Republicans to Congress, called the plan a work in progress. Despite the apparent rift, the House proposal signals the leadership's determination to move ahead with some kind of lobbying legislation.