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Article: REP. BOEHNER: HOUSE REPUBLICANS, AMERICAN PEOPLE STOOD SIDE BY SIDE TO MAKE HISTORY TOGETHER
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
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- August 1, 2008
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House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, issued the following statement:
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) issued the following statement on today's historic revolt on the House floor by Republicans against Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) decision to leave town without a House vote on legislation to increase American-made energy and lower gas prices:
"The historic event that unfolded today on the floor of the People's House was about more than gas prices. We witnessed the power of American democracy in action. Dozens of House Republicans joined hundreds of American citizens on the House floor to protest Speaker Pelosi's decision to send Congress home for the rest of the summer ...