--- title: Speaker John Boehner: "Nothing good happens after 10 p.m." description: House Speaker John Boehner releases a "day in the life" video canonical: https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/ author: Alex Rogers article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-09-16T16:38:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T10:12:35.284Z article:section: Politics og:title: Speaker John Boehner: "Nothing good happens after 10 p.m." og:description: House Speaker John Boehner releases a "day in the life" video og:url: https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08926d18d44c511d/6986a38de53aba3c454d4712/455263782.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Speaker of the House John Boehner og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Speaker John Boehner: "Nothing good happens after 10 p.m." twitter:description: House Speaker John Boehner releases a "day in the life" video twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08926d18d44c511d/6986a38de53aba3c454d4712/455263782.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # John Boehner: 'Nothing Good Happens After 10 P.M.' by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Sep 16, 2014 4:38 PM CUT  Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly on camera press conference in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014. Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, holds his weekly on camera press conference in the Capitol on Thursday, Sept. 11, 2014.Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images by [Alex Rogers](/author/alex-rogers/) ## Alex Rogers Sep 16, 2014 4:38 PM CUT Ever wondered what it’s like to spend a day as Speaker of the House? Maybe not, but Speaker John Boehner and his social media gurus have given us a glimpse, releasing a video Tuesday that chronicles everything from his early mornings at Pete’s Diner to the end of the business day. There’s also an impromptu Emmitt Smith appearance amidst the “organized chaos” of his schedule, as one staffer puts it, and some practical advice from the 64-year-old Speaker. “Nothing good happens after 10 p.m.,” says Boehner. “So, I’m always in bed before ten. Get up at five-thirty, quarter to six, and ready to go.” On Monday, the House completed legislative business by approximately 9:56pm. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/"},"headline":"John Boehner: 'Nothing Good Happens After 10 P.M.'","datePublished":"2014-09-16T16:38:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T10:12:35.284Z","description":"House Speaker John Boehner releases a \"day in the life\" video","url":"https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/","keywords":["Congress","John Boehner"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08926d18d44c511d/6986a38de53aba3c454d4712/455263782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alex Rogers","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alex-rogers/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt08926d18d44c511d/6986a38de53aba3c454d4712/455263782.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Speaker of the House John Boehner","caption":"Speaker of the House John Boehner","creditText":"Bill Clark—CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3386837/house-speaker-john-boehner-day-with/","name":"John Boehner: 'Nothing Good Happens After 10 P.M.'"}}]}] ```