Washington ( CNN ) -- Two days after voters angry with Washington 's dysfunction swept Republicans into control of the Senate and expanded their advantage in the House , Speaker John Boehner used his first post-midterm news conference to issue a `` burn '' notice to the commander-in-chief . `` When you play with matches , you take the risk of burning yourself and he 's going to burn himself if he continues to go down that path , '' the Ohio Republican told reporters on the Hill , when asked about President Barack Obama 's plans to issue executive orders on immigration before year 's end . Just hours after Obama recommitted himself to staying the course on immigration orders and protecting his signature health care law , Republicans spent Thursday firing back shots at the administration , signaling that Tuesday 's midterms did little to quell partisan tension in Washington . Republican National Committee members as well as GOP leaders on the Hill took the election results as a sign to dig in on their issues , and while both parties made reference to compromise , Thursday 's developments suggested more of the opposite was in store . Obama alone after midterm repudiation . Two of the most powerful Republicans in Washington , Boehner and the expected next Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell , outlined their priorities in writing , using an oped in the Wall Street Journal to showcase their 2015 priorities . Among them : Repealing Obamacare , authorizing construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline and reforming the tax code . The pair took shots at Democratic House and Senate leaders who shepherded most of Obama 's significant legislative achievements through Congress , saying they `` wo n't repeat the mistakes made when a different majority ran Congress in the first years of Barack Obama 's presidency , attempting to reshape large chunks of the nation 's economy with massive bills that few Americans have read and fewer understand . '' And in his press conference , Boehner said the House will likely vote again next year to repeal the Affordable Care Act -- both in full and in separate chunks , like stripping away the medical device tax and the individual mandate . Get ready : 2016 starts now . And he warned that if Obama will `` burn himself '' if he overhauls the U.S. immigration system through executive order in the coming weeks -- which president has pledged to do . Going ahead with those plans , Boehner said , will `` poison the well '' in the eyes of congressional Republicans . It 's the same phrase Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell used Wednesday -- indicating that a major fight is likely to come before the new Congress is even sworn in . White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said in his Thursday briefing that Obama is looking forward to meeting with GOP leaders and hearing their ideas . `` The good news though is that the deck has been reshuffled , '' Earnest said . `` There 's now a Republican majority in the Senate . There 's a Republican majority in the House . And you could understand how this might change the political calculation that Republicans make . Maybe they now see that it would be in their own personal political interest to try to find some common ground with the president . '' Opinion : Did Americans get what they want ? Obama himself repeated his plans for an executive overhaul of immigration laws during hid Wednesday news conference . But he also said he 'd like to sit down for Kentucky bourbon with McConnell and telling voters -- and those who stayed away from the polls Tuesday -- that he heard their message . Boehner , one of several Republicans to mention their mistrust of the President , said Thursday that he is n't buying it . `` The president said , ' I listened to what happened Tuesday night , ' '' Boehner said before adding , with an incredulous grin : `` Really ? '' Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus told CNN on Wednesday night that it 's `` bizarre '' to see Obama and his allies now looking for areas of compromise . He pointed to Obama 's handling of immigration -- the president had initially planned to take executive action over the summer , but deferred that move until after the midterm elections . `` I do n't believe a thing he says , '' Priebus said when asked by CNN 's Erin Burnett about working with the president . `` All he 's been doing for the last year is lying to Hispanic voters across the country . '' While McConnell 's ascendancy to the Senate majority leader 's post is all but assured and Boehner is staying on as speaker , Democrats have some leadership questions of their own to sort through after Tuesday 's devastating elections . Why Pelosi , Reid are sticking around . Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chairman Steve Israel told Newsday he wo n't stay on for a third election -- though he does want a seat at the House Democrats ' already-crowded leadership table . The first look at the new political landscape will come later this month , when lawmakers return for leadership elections and the House is scheduled to vote on a series of Environmental Protection Agency regulatory bills . In the coming weeks Congress will also take up Obama 's request for more than $ 6 billion in new Ebola-related funding , spending bills to fund the government and potentially legislation to authorize the use of military force against ISIS .
House Speaker John Boehner warned President John Boehner against executive orders on immigration . His remarks come amid many Republicans speaking out against House . next year after the midterms , big fights are much easier to spot than areas of compromise . Republicans won back control of the the White House and increased their majority in the Senate .