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  • Without Tea Party Votes, Boehner Speakership Hits Rough Waters

    07/28/2011 4:46:26 PM PDT · by Faith · 20 replies
    NPR ^ | July 28, 2011 | Frank James
    Just as the Washington narrative had started to shift a bit from "House Speaker John Boehner doesn't have the juice to get his conference to support him" to "Boehner is getting his fellow Republicans to rally around him" it shifts back to the former. That's because he was unable to get enough members of the Republican conference to commit to voting for his debt-ceiling increase. It should go without saying, this is a signal setback for the speaker, who in recent days had pleaded, cajoled and demanded that his conference get behind him if, for no other reason, to show...