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Republican feud boils over in U.S. budget deal fight
Source: Reuters
Republican feud boils over in U.S. budget deal fight
Susan Cornwell
Reuters
4:40 p.m. CST, December 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bitter ideological feud tearing at the Republican Party boiled over on Thursday as the U.S. Congress considered a bipartisan budget deal with angry recriminations between the Republicans' top elected leader and the powerful conservative organizations that have been tormenting him for years.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner said the outside groups had stepped over a line and "lost credibility" in fighting the deal.
The president of FreedomWorks, one of the Tea Party-oriented organizations attacked by Boehner, responded that conservatives have had it with "old bulls" who "miss the old ways of doing things" in Congress.
The immediate spark for the exchange was an effort by the well-funded groups - the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and FreedomWorks - to undermine a bipartisan budget deal backed by the leadership of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, particularly Boehner.
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Susan Cornwell
Reuters
4:40 p.m. CST, December 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The bitter ideological feud tearing at the Republican Party boiled over on Thursday as the U.S. Congress considered a bipartisan budget deal with angry recriminations between the Republicans' top elected leader and the powerful conservative organizations that have been tormenting him for years.
Republican House Speaker John Boehner said the outside groups had stepped over a line and "lost credibility" in fighting the deal.
The president of FreedomWorks, one of the Tea Party-oriented organizations attacked by Boehner, responded that conservatives have had it with "old bulls" who "miss the old ways of doing things" in Congress.
The immediate spark for the exchange was an effort by the well-funded groups - the Club for Growth, Heritage Action and FreedomWorks - to undermine a bipartisan budget deal backed by the leadership of the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, particularly Boehner.
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"How can we continue to sucker the proles, Boehner, if you start whining out the truth. Sneer."
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