Boehner Makes ‘Boner’ Joke

FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now b... FILE - In this Feb. 6, 2014, photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio gestures while speaking during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The road the country has been on for the past five years is now beginning to come to an end. The Federal Reserve, which pumped $3 trillion into the economy to keep the Great Recession from worsening, is withdrawing its financial lifeline amid signs of fresh economic growth. The nation’s gross domestic product is inching up and annual federal budget deficits are heading down. How Washington policymakers respond to the improvements in the economy may even sow the seeds for more cooperation in Washington. "The president’s policies are not working," Boehner declares.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) MORE LESS
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House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) was in a jolly mood at his weekly press conference Thursday, cracking a joke about the phonetic spelling of his name (which is actually pronounced Bay-nurr).

“Mr. Camp,” a reporter said, mistakenly referring to House Ways & Means Chair Dave Camp (R-MI), before correcting himself.

“It’s Boner. Boner,” the Speaker responded, to laughs.

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