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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
John Bowden

GOP lawmaker drops f-bomb in tirade against fellow Republicans blocking House votes

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The rebellion in the House Republican conference may have taken a pause for now, but it’s clear that there is no love lost between the two factions.

That was the conclusion one could draw from a closed-door meeting of House Republicans on Tuesday, where Rep Derrick Van Ordern of Wisconsin is reported to have gone on a tirade against a small faction of far-right members who successfully held up the GOP’s legislative agenda last week over their dissatisfaction with Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

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