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And so, the House managed to
pass a renewal of the Violence
Against Women Act, and some
Hurricane Sandy relief, measures that I’m pretty sure found
Boehner weighing the long-term
survival of his party’s brand
against his caucus’ near-term antipathy to governing. To get these
things done, he had to break the
Hastert Rule. There was some indication that he might have done
so again to get comprehensive
immigration reform over the goal
line, but his too-raucous caucus
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Boehner pretty much
operates each day in a caucus
that’s not shy about having
knives out for him.”
finally got wise, and the clock’s
run out on that strategy.
It’s worth considering the possibility that Boehner is maybe a
man slightly more sinned against
than sinning, in other words. In
the meantime, if you’re wondering why this Congress has become such a festering swamp of
do-nothingism, read Jonathan
Chait’s piece on the “Anarchists of the House.”
Boehner
speaks during
an interview
for CBS’ Face
the Nation in
his Capitol
Hill office on
July 19.