AdvertisementConservatives' Pick For Speaker Might Not Even Be In Congress Much LongerOctober 08, 2015Jessica TaylorfacebookEmailRep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla. leaves a House Republican special leadership election meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is stepping down and retiring from Congress at the end of the month after nearly five years in the role. (AP)