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Sticking It to Rahm

From their shared loathing of the White House chief of staff to the insurgency led by the minority leader, the inside story of why not a single House Republican supported the President’s stimulus package.

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From their shared loathing of Rahm Emanuel to the insurgency led by the minority leader (“he took us by the throat”), the inside story of why not a single House Republican supported the president’s stimulus package.

"Rahm, you don't waste a crisis," a senior Republican, speaking on the phone in a...

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