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UCmeNdc

(9,589 posts)
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 07:35 PM Jan 2013

John Boehner Yelled At Frank LoBiondo Over Sandy Aid

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) yelled at a member of his own caucus on Tuesday night, after lawmakers from New Jersey and New York repeatedly pressed him to bring the Superstorm Sandy relief bill to the floor for a vote.

Boehner had a heated exchange with Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-N.J.), one of the members urging the House Republican leadership to bring up the Sandy legislation, according to fellow Rep. Peter King (R-N.Y.). The House adjourned on Tuesday night without passing the $60.4 billion Sandy relief package that the Senate approved last week.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/john-boehner-frank-lobiondo-sandy-aid_n_2397250.html




Is John Boehner cracking under the pressure?

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Is John Boehner cracking? bongbong Jan 2013 #1
 

bongbong

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1. Is John Boehner cracking?
Wed Jan 2, 2013, 08:09 PM
Jan 2013

Seems odd that a guy who is drunk or near-drunk pretty much 24x7 is stressed, but you can never underestimate the inability of repigs.

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