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Boehner is getting pushback from Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), who wants Boenher to take a "blood oath" that Republicans would not cave to a total government shutdown if that's what President Obama resorted to in the face of health care repeal. He was referring to the 1995 government shut down by Newt Gingrich, when Republicans refused to pass a budget without spending cuts. Boehner said that was going a little too far.
Boehner is already under fire for supposedly caving to Dems on the Bush tax cuts repeal...
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