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Boehner Outmaneuvered Yet Again

By Chip Hanlon | January 06, 2009 | 5:10 PM | 3 Comments

Why did Republicans re-elect John Boehner as House Minority Leader despite the beating the GOP took in November? Ah, yes... it must have been to watch him continue to be outwitted--this time by a guy who hasn't even taken office yet. Further details of the Obama stimulus plan that emerged today contained the following little nugget, from the President-elect himself: "We are going to ban all earmarks, the process by which individual members insert projects without review."

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