John Boehner's minority government of pragmatic Republicans

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http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-mcmanus-boehner-failure-of-gop-majority-20150311-column.html

Doyle McManus
Los Angeles Times



Last week's drama in the House of Representatives, when Speaker John A. Boehner needed Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi to rescue him from his own rebellious party, looked like a messy disaster for Republicans. But it could have been worse.

If the House GOP had forced a shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as conservatives had threatened, it could have been a genuine debacle for a party trying to show it can govern: Transportation Security Administration and Border Patrol agents forced to work without pay, offices shuttered and more. Instead, Boehner's quiet capitulation to reality was mostly just humiliating.

And it suggests that Boehner has begun to master an unexpected challenge: the art of leading a minority government.

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[[ And it suggests that Boehner has begun to master an unexpected challenge: the art of leading a minority government. ]]

You read it here first, folks:
"The first Lame Duck Republican Majority Congress" in American history!

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"Leading from behind" hits the House.