The Speaker of the House of Representatives is a Constitutionally mandated position, and the Speaker is 3rd in line (counting the current occupant) to the presidency.
The Speaker has always been seen as the head of the body that is most responsive to and most in touch with the people of the US. It is the House that is the sole originator of any bills for raising revenue.
The Speaker’s position is every bit as separate and significant as the President’s, and the Speaker is NOT in any way at all answerable to the President, who is Commander and Chief ONLY of the military.
The Speaker should not respond to an imperial-sounding summons or order ever! That is not the type of government we have.
Additionally, I’d like to see Boehner start calling as many press conferences with preliminary speech stating positions as does Obama. Even if only from the floor of the House, it will be, at least, carried on C-Span. Hopefully, Fox will cover it.
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To show that he is agreeable to further talks, the Speaker should summon the president to a meeting in the Capitol to hash out the final details