GOP takes charge: New Speaker Boehner leads House (AP)
9:25am GMT, Thursday, 6 January 2011
AP - Claiming power beneath the Capitol dome, resurgent Republicans gained control of the House of Representatives on Wednesday as the 112th Congress convened in an era of economic uncertainty. Dozens of tea party-backed lawmakers took office in both houses, eager to cut spending and reduce government’s reach.
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