Former House Speaker John Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE (R-Ohio) spoke with President Trump on the phone amid the government shutdown showdown earlier this month.

Axios reported Sunday that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus called Boehner John Andrew BoehnerLongtime House parliamentarian to step down Five things we learned from this year's primaries Bad blood between Pelosi, Meadows complicates coronavirus talks MORE when the bill was final, telling him Trump was considering vetoing Congress’s funding plan. He asked if the former Speaker would talk with the president about signing the bill.

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Boehner reportedly told Trump that he should avoid a government shutdown and be thankful that the deal included an increase in military spending, Axios said.

Trump signed on May 5 the $1 trillion spending bill to fund the government through the end of September.

Trump approved the measure at his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., where he was spending a long weekend.