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GOP Seeks High Ground, but Truce Likely to Hold

By Jennifer Yachnin
Roll Call Staff
Dec. 10, 2008, Midnight

House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) urged Republican lawmakers this week to reclaim the high ground on Congressional ethics, but his call appears unlikely to reignite a long-dormant ethics war even as allegations of misconduct touched several Democratic lawmakers in recent days.

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February 9, 2012

Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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The clear expectation is Congress will get very little done this election year. But what does get accomplished, at least in the high-profile areas, will largely be the handiwork of an elite group of staffers — who combine policy expertise, political acumen and the trust of their lawmaker bosses to drive much of the legislative agenda.

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