FILE - In this Dec. 21, 1995 file photo, Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio dumps charcoal briquets, which he called a Christmas gift to President Clinton, during a news conference on Capitol Hill to discuss the federal budget. The White House and Congressional Republicans labored Thursday to restart balanced budget talks and grappled with the impact of a six-day partial government shutdown. Rep. Bill Paxon, R-N.Y., left, and House Majority Leader Dick Armey of Texas look on. Boehner’s announced exit as House speaker and from Congress altogether caps a political career that began as the head of a homeowners association in an Ohio neighborhood and made him second in line to the presidency. (AP Photo/Denis Paquin, File)