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Sun Jul 26, 2015, 04:13 AM Jul 2015

US Chamber Trains Its Sights On Tea Party Obstructionists [View all]

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is gearing up to challenge some House Republicans in primary elections, frustrated after much of its agenda has been stymied by a small pocket of conservative GOP lawmakers.

The influential and well-heeled business group is already eyeing several races, but the plans are still in their infancy and the targets have not yet been decided upon, according to more than a half dozen Republican sources on K Street and Capitol Hill.

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The group’s apparent new willingness to engage in hand-to-hand political combat to take out sitting Republicans would represent a major shift for the business community, which has largely shied away from targeting sitting lawmakers.


http://crooksandliars.com/2015/07/us-chamber-trains-its-sights-tea-party


Libertarians are in the cross hairs too.

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