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Thursday, January 08, 2015

The 25 House Conservatives Who Could Kill Boehner’s Agenda

They are known as the Tea Party wing of the House GOP or simply the “Hell No Caucus,” but however one describes these lawmakers, they are House Speaker John Boehner’s worst nightmare.

Boehner of Ohio was elected to his third term as speaker on Tuesday with 216 votes cast for him, or 11 more than he needed from all the Republicans and Democrats who were present and voting in the chamber. But his election was by no means a slam dunk, and a surprising 25 conservative and libertarian members voted against him in a startling display of dissension within the party.

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1 comment:

  1. you do know with wishy washy bonehead reelected this means business as usual further erosion of freedoms and nothing will get done

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