Johnson said Boehner would not survive an agreement that included tax hikes. | AP Photos Johnson: Boehner could lose post

A conservative senator is warning House Speaker John Boehner that he could lose his speakership if he agrees to hike taxes as part of a deal to replace the sequester.

“I don’t quite honestly believe that Speaker Boehner would be speaker if that happens,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) told Fox News in a report that aired Monday. “I think he would lose his speakership. That’d would be my own personal opinion.”


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Both Obama and House Republicans said they want to replace the sequester, a $1.2 trillion package of across-the-board spending cuts. Obama wants to use a mixture of cuts and closing tax loopholes, while the GOP insists on no further revenue increases.

Boehner, who broke the so-called Hastert rule to pass a deal to avert the fiscal cliff in January, would most likely again need to rely on Democratic votes to pass the package Obama wants.