House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 25, 2015. In a stunning move, Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, stepping aside in the face of hardline conservative opposition that threatened an institutional crisis.

Topeka ? Members of the Kansas congressional delegation responded in different ways Friday to House Speaker John Boehner’s decision to step down next month.

Boehner, an Ohio Republican, announced Friday that he will step down as speaker and resign his House seat at the end of October. He was elected Speaker in 2010 when Republicans reclaimed a majority in the U.S. House.

Rep. Lynn Jenkins, of Topeka, who has been part of the House Republican leadership team under Boehner, praised him and wished him well in the future.

“Any country that allows the son of a bar owner to rise to be second in line to the President, is a good place,” Jenkins, vice chair of the House Republican Conference, said in a news release. “And the man who did just that is a good man and I wish him well in whatever is next for this newly minted Grandpa Boehner.”

But Rep. Tim Huelskamp, who has been part of the conservative bloc that reportedly drove Boehner, 65, from office, showed nothing but scorn in a series of Twitter posts Friday.

“Today the establishment lost,” Huelskamp posted shortly after Boehner’s announcement.

“The only thing @SpeakerBoehner has to lose now is his #prolife principles,” he posted in another, followed by the hashtags #Boehner, #PPSellsBabyParts, and #DefundPP.

That final post provided a glimpse into the controversy that led up to Boehner’s resignation, and one of the sources of an open rift within the ranks of congressional Republicans. The last two hashtags refer to Planned Parenthood, a private, nonprofit agency that receives federal funding to provide family planning and other kinds of health care for women. It also provides abortion services, but does not receive federal funding for that.

Recently released “sting” videos recorded by an anti-abortion activist group have suggested that officials at Planned Parenthood engaged in the illegal sale of fetal tissue left over from abortions. Planned Parenthood has vehemently denied those allegations, saying the videos were edited and doctored to leave viewers with a false impression.

Huelskamp is part of a group of about 30 staunch conservatives who have been frustrated at what they saw as Boehner’s unwillingness to be more confrontational with President Barack Obama and congressional Democrats.

Although he did not immediately respond to interview requests from Kansas reporters, he was quoted in a Washington Post story saying that Obama had “run circles around us since John Boehner was speaker of the House.”

Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole issued a statement Friday defending Boehner, and criticizing Huelskamp and other conservatives in the House for their opposition to the Speaker.

“Since his (Boehner’s) election to leadership, he has unfortunately been plagued by a group of Republican naysayers, including one from Kansas,” Dole said, according to The Associated Press. “In their refusal to support John, it has been difficult for House Republicans to pass important legislation.”

With the end of the federal fiscal year coming Wednesday, Sept. 30, they were insisting on passing a spending bill for the new fiscal year that would withhold federal funding for Planned Parenthood.

But the Senate on Thursday rejected a bill to defund Planned Parenthood, and if House Republicans had continued to insist on that, it would have forced another partial shutdown of the federal government starting Thursday.

After Boehner’s announcement, House Republicans announced an agreement to pass a clean spending bill to keep the government operating.

Rep. Mike Pompeo, a Wichita Republican, was more charitable in his comments about Boehner.

“During my four-and-a-half (years) in Congress, the problem has always been the failed leadership of President Obama, not the House of Representatives,” Pompeo said in an email statement. “While the Speaker and I sometimes disagreed on tactics, no one can question his commitment to making America a better place. I thank him for his service to our country, and I wish him all the best in the future.”

Rep. Kevin Yoder, an Overland Park Republican, issued a statement praising Boehner.

“Speaker Boehner is a good man and I’m thankful for his service and dedication to this country,” Yoder said. “I respect his decision to step aside and allow the House Republican Conference to elect a new leader so we can move forward together and solve the challenges facing our nation. I wish the best to John, Debbie, and his entire family.”