Newly elected Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., greets fellow members on the floor of the House chamber. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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Pressure is building within House Speaker John Boehner's conference to oust him. Boehner is likely to hold off a challenge — for now. But he could decide to call it quits at the end of this term. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Thursday. Molly Riley/AP hide caption
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen here Oct. 22, 2014, will address a joint meeting of Congress on March 3. Gali Tibbon/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner at a Capitol Hill news conference last month. He said Wednesday that the Republican-controlled House will file a lawsuit accusing President Obama of failing to carry out laws passed by Congress. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
President Obama, accompanied by Vice President Biden in the White House Rose Garden, lashed out at House Republicans for stalling immigration legislation. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
House Republicans argue the illegality of executive action signings, like one in April 2014 in which President Obama acted to close the gender compensation gap among federal contractors. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption
Newly elected House Majority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana (left) and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California speak to the media following the House Republican leadership elections on Thursday. Kevin Dietsch/UPI/Landov hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, listens to House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., before talking to reporters at the Republican National Committee headquarters on April 29. AP hide caption
Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, leaves a press conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner leaves the chamber of the Portuguese Parliament during an April 17 visit in Lisbon. Boehner was in Lisbon as part of an international trip that included visits to Afghanistan and Abu Dhabi. Francisco Seco/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, with (from left) Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Wash., Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., at a March 25 Capitol Hill news conference. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
President Obama and Speaker John Boehner were all smiles at a rare White House meeting Tuesday. But their relationship has more often been marked by angry finger-pointing. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption
President Obama very likely made Democrats' midterm campaign messaging easier by dropping from his new budget a proposal that would have reduced the size of Social Security checks. Matt Rourke/AP hide caption
President Obama talks up the Affordable Care Act at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall on Wednesday. Charles Dharapak/AP hide caption
President Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., shared the same goals but had notable stylistic differences in their approaches to the fiscal fight. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the House Budget Committee chairman, walks to a GOP meeting Tuesday. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner shows his softer side Thursday before resuming his tough guy role in the fiscal fight. Evan Vucci/AP hide caption
People who for years had planned to be boating down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon right about now instead found themselves on Saturday camping in a parking lot because of the government shutdown. Julie Jacobson/AP hide caption
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, at a Friday news conference. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. (from left), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., head for a news conference Thursday on Capitol Hill. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption
Anti-shutdown protesters in Los Angeles may have had enough of the budget crisis, but it appears to be far from over. Jae C. Hong/AP hide caption