Molly Ball: It's hard for the tea party to primary 169 House Republicans
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Channel: Washington Week PBS · 2013 · News & Politics
After the House passed the bipartisan budget deal, The Atlantic's Molly Ball says Speaker John Boehner is "quite strengthened." While tea party groups might be angry, Balls says, "It's going to be hard for them to primary 169 Republican members of Congress."
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