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Johnboy finally puts teabaggers in their place!
This week, John Boehner took on the tea party and steamrolled it.
It was a cathartic experience for the Republican House Speaker, who finally stood up to the movement that has been pushing him around for three years, recently coercing him into shutting down the government for 16 days in a fanciful quest to defund Obamacare.
Wealthy conservative outside groups such as Heritage Action, Club For Growth and FreedomWorks were united in pushing lawmakers to scuttle a two-year bipartisan budget deal. Boehner responded by publicly excoriating them as having "lost all credibility." Then he delivered 169 Republicans for the bill. Just 62 voted against it. The final tally was 332-94.
"It's a declaration of independence from groups that have had a stranglehold on the Republican conference," said John Feehery, a Republican strategist and erstwhile senior aide to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. "And for Speaker Boehner to be bold and go after these groups -- I think it's a pretty big deal."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/john-boehner-crushes-the-tea-party
This week, John Boehner took on the tea party and steamrolled it.
It was a cathartic experience for the Republican House Speaker, who finally stood up to the movement that has been pushing him around for three years, recently coercing him into shutting down the government for 16 days in a fanciful quest to defund Obamacare.
Wealthy conservative outside groups such as Heritage Action, Club For Growth and FreedomWorks were united in pushing lawmakers to scuttle a two-year bipartisan budget deal. Boehner responded by publicly excoriating them as having "lost all credibility." Then he delivered 169 Republicans for the bill. Just 62 voted against it. The final tally was 332-94.
"It's a declaration of independence from groups that have had a stranglehold on the Republican conference," said John Feehery, a Republican strategist and erstwhile senior aide to former House Speaker Dennis Hastert. "And for Speaker Boehner to be bold and go after these groups -- I think it's a pretty big deal."
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/john-boehner-crushes-the-tea-party
