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- iHaveNet.com: Politics
by Jules Witcover
The new Republican majority in the House, built in considerable part by the election of tea party stalwarts, is already paying a price for the overzealous
The refusal of the tea partiers to go along with the House leaders' proposal of
President Obama is scheduled to unveil his own budget Monday, and the House Republican leaders had hoped to show a united front in the reductions they would offer as a down payment on the party's
The setback came on the heels of two embarrassing defeats last week in the House on legislation the
The row over the
The last time such a shutdown occurred was in 1995, when then House Speaker Newt Gingrich threatened one and President Bill Clinton called his bluff. Gingrich was forced to retreat, and today's Republican leaders are well aware of the politically damaging outcome to their party if it happened again.
The latest internal dispute over budget cuts is also a case of bad timing. At week's end conservatives gathered in Washington for their largest get-together, the annual meeting of the
Freshman Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, son of libertarian favorite Rep. Ron Paul of Texas, went well beyond the pledge in calling for a whopping
Another dash of reality was served up at the conference when business tycoon Donald Trump, apparently weighing a presidential candidacy of his own, told the crowd bluntly that the senior Paul, who has been a presidential candidate, could not be elected, generating a loud chorus of boos.
The
In all, the first weeks of the new
President Obama, now burdened with a new foreign-policy challenge in how to deal with the revolution in Egypt, can only be grateful for the unexpected burden on the Republican leaders at this particular time, signaling more contentious days ahead.
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