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House Speaker Boehner shocks colleagues with resignation announcement

In one of the biggest political shockers to hit Washington in a long time, House Speaker John Boehner made a surprise announcement that he will be stepping down and resigning from Congress next month. Boehner is the nation's highest-ranking Republican official and in his third term as speaker. Julianna Goldman reports.
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