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Tea Party Could Ditch John Boehner Over Debt Limit Vote

The incoming House speaker rode a Tea Party wave into the majority, but a debt-limit vote as early as next month could cost him their backing. Benjamin Sarlin on the battle that can't come soon enough for Democrats.

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House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio atttends a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 2, 2010. (Photo: Harry Hamburg / AP Photo)

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