Published 11/6/2008
by Paul Kane and Michael Abramowitz
at Wash Post In Congress
Younger, more conservative lawmakers moved yesterday to assert their influence in the House Republican caucus as the GOP began the traditional period of soul-searching that follows a major electoral defeat. Conservatives also began jockeying to fill the post of Republican National Committee chairman...
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