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John Boehner Keeps the Speakership for Two More Years

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Howard Kurtz on why the Speaker got to keep his job, even though he’s struggling to keep control of his members.

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A battered John Boehner gets to hang on to his job for another two years.

It was hardly a surprise when House Republicans, at the start of the 113th

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