It’s not like Republicans need a reminder of the tensions within their own ranks on government spending cuts.
But if they forget what’s at stake, all GOP lawmakers need to do Thursday is walk outside the Capitol, where perhaps hundreds of tea party protesters will be urging congressional leaders to hold their ground on major spending cuts.
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Reps. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota and Steve King of Iowa — members of the party’s right flank emboldened by a national following of tea party leaders — will fire up the crowd. Indiana Rep. Mike Pence, a national figure among conservatives who is free of GOP leadership responsibilities, will join rally-goers who he says “demand that Washington get serious about putting our fiscal house in order.”
And inside the Capitol, House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio)
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