Boehner says in talks over renegades' ouster from key panel

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Speaker of the House John Boehner wields the gavel for the first time after being re-elected as the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 114th Congress at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 6, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Bourg

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday said he is holding a "family conversation" with his rank-and-file Republicans about two lawmakers who were kicked off of a key committee after they opposed his re-election as Speaker. "Two of our members were not put back on the committee immediately," Boehner told members. He said during the next "couple days" there will be a decision "on how we go forward." Boehner's remarks came after a closed-door session with Republicans, one day after 25 of his party members refused to support his re-election as speaker, an unusually high number of dissidents. (Reporting By Susan Cornwell and Richard Cowan; Editing by Bill Trott)