Freedom Caucus 
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10-25-15
The Alarming Parallels this Historian Sees Between What’s Going on in Congress Today and the Antebellum Congresses He Studies
by Michael Todd Landis
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SOURCE: The Conversation
10-14-15
How the GOP circus act compromises American Democracy
by Christopher Parker
Boehner and McCarthy knew this reactionary faction of the GOP was gunning for them. Boehner simply quit before he could be fired; McCarthy quit while he was ahead. The two leaders were targeted because they were willing to cut deals with Democrats.
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