“I think the Republicans have boxed themselves in,” the Democratic lawmaker said. “I think the Republicans are looking at this the wrong way and I think the party’s been taken over by ideologues that are pushing an agenda that is not really comfortable with the American people.”
John Stanton and Steve Peoples contributed to this report.
A man from Kentucky attends a Tea Party Patriots rally on the West Front of the Capitol to protest the IRS' targeting of conservative political groups.
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