WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has re-elected John Boehner to be speaker in the new Republican-led Congress,
despite opposition by tea party lawmakers that underscored party divisions.
for him to win a third two-year term leading the House.
But in an embarrassing slap, 25 Republicans voted for other candidates or voted present. They consider
Boehner to be too accommodating and not conservative enough.
Their repudiation of Boehner was an awkward display of GOP schisms at a time when party leaders want to
show voters that they can govern effectively. They want to show they won’t be forced by tea party
legislators into unwinnable, unpopular showdowns with President Barack Obama.
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