swampland.blogs.time.com - 11/19/2008
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This morning in the Longworth Office Building the House GOP conference is meeting to elect leaders (the Dems met yesterday and – surprise, surprise – picked Pelosi, Hoyer, Clyburn and Larson to replace Rahm). Incumbent Minority Leader John Boehner agreed to debate his sole challenger ...
thehill.com - 11/14/2008
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thehill.com —
Rep. Dan Lungren announced Friday that he will
challenge Rep. John Boehner for House Republican leader. Lungren
(Calif.) is considered a longshot to unseat Boehner (Ohio), who moved quickly after last week's election to shore up support in the GOP ...
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Lungren will challenge Boehner for top GOP spot
blogs.abcnews.com - 11/14/2008
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blogs.abcnews.com —
ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: A conservative California
congressman announced Friday that he's mounting a leadership challenge
to House Minority Leader John Boehner, as the GOP continues to assess the fallout from last week’s election losses. Rep. Dan ...
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Boehner to Face Leadership Challenge
blogs.tnr.com - 11/19/2008
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blogs.tnr.com —
Normal 0 The House Republican leadership elections are
today, and GOPers will almost certainly reselect John Boehner,
their eternally tan, chain-smoking, long-suffering caporegime, as their leader - and not only that, but they'll also probably ...
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John Boehner, Cleverest Republican in Washington
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the White House and both houses of Congress. Republicans were
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blogs.abcnews.com 11/20/2008 — ABC News' Rick Klein Reports: Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Wednesday won his bid for another term as the House's top Republican, overcoming a long-shot leadership challenge that emerged in the wake of his party's Election Day losses. Boehner won...
‘I Have Not Endorsed Boehner’ for House Minority Leader, Pence Says
cnsnews.com 11/11/2008 — Conservative Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.) has not endorsed incumbent House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) to keep his leadership status in the next Congress, and if a more conservative member of Congress challenges Boehner for the post, Pence will ...
Boehner to face leadership challenge
washingtonmonthly.com 11/14/2008 — BOEHNER TO FACE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE.... House Republicans have lost a combined 52 seats over the 2006 and 2008 election cycles, so it wasn't too surprising when the party overhauled its leadership team last week. Starting next year, the House GOP...
Boehner-Pence alliance thrives, 2 years on
thehill.com 11/19/2008 — After vanquishing Rep. Mike Pence two years ago, Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) followed a theory often said but rarely practiced in Washington: Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Pence and Boehner were never bitter enemies, but ...
Boehner
washingtonmonthly.com 1/25/2009 — BOEHNER.... In the first weekly Republican radio address under the new administration, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) touted the GOP's vision for an economic recovery. "Our plan is rooted in the philosophy that we cannot borrow and spend ...
Wanted: Foolish economists
washingtonmonthly.com 12/23/2008 — WANTED: FOOLISH ECONOMISTS.... House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) has made clear he's against the idea of a government rescue package in response to the financial crisis, but he's apparently having trouble finding economists who agree. So, as ...
House GOP leadership moving right
brendan-nyhan.com 11/14/2008 — Despite the election results, it looks like House Republicans are going to shift their leadership in a conservative direction. My friend and colleague Mike Brady , who studies Congress, put together a nice graph illustrating this point (the line ...
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CNN Political Ticker 11/19/2008
(CNN) — House Republican reelected Rep. John Boehner of Ohio as their party's leader in the chamber Wednesday, winning a second term over challenger and California Rep. Dan Lungren.
House Republicans also voted Virginia Rep. Eric Cantor for the ...
The outstanding House races —
First Read 11/19/2008
From NBC's Doug Adams While everyone is focused on the outstanding Senate races, don't forget about the still undecided House races. Here's an update of where they stood as of this morning.
CALIFORNIA 4 : Both Tom McClintock (R) and ...
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