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House GOP Seeks New Direction

Blunt, Boehner Vie to Lead a Nervous Party

By Ben Pershing
Roll Call Staff
Jan. 9, 2006, Midnight

Saturday’s decision by Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Texas) to give up his claim on the post of Majority Leader set off the biggest weekend of House GOP leadership campaigning in seven years, with Reps. Roy Blunt (Mo.) and John Boehner (Ohio) immediately launching bids to succeed DeLay in the chamber’s No. 2 position.

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