Insight: Budget fight leaves Boehner 'damaged' but still standing

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Insight: Budget fight leaves Boehner 'damaged' but still standing

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/insight-budget-fight-leaves-boehner-damaged-still-standing-001030746--finance.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/q9eV5GIeKwRFJna9KChLsg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-10-18T003141Z_1_CBRE99H00HR00_RTROPTP_2_USA-FISCAL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Boehner walks to the House floor during the vote on the fiscal deal in the U.S. Capitol in Washington" align="left" title="Boehner walks to the House floor during the vote on the fiscal deal in the U.S. Capitol in Washington" border="0" /></a>By Caren Bohan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The debt and budget crisis that gripped Washington was the story of a Republican Party at war with itself. Rebellious conservatives, over the objection of party moderates, tried to use a government shutdown in an unsuccessful assault on President Barack Obama's healthcare law. But within the halls of the U.S. Capitol, the budget showdown was a reminder of the weakness of House Speaker John Boehner, the moderate Republican who reluctantly led conservatives' push until it was clear that no solution would emerge from his fractured caucus. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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