Republicans Face Test as Divided Government Begins
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Republicans took control of the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday, beginning an era of divided government in Washington that will test the unity of both parties.
Republicans chose Representative John Boehner of Ohio as the House’s 53rd speaker, two months after voters frustrated with the slow pace of the economic recovery gave his party control of the chamber for the first session of the 112th Congress.