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Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The Talk About Price For Speaker

A spokesman for the Northeast Cobb-area Congressman says he won't be challenging John Boehner as the "fiscal cliff" looms.

U.S. Rep. Tom Price's name was been wagging tongues all day Monday in Washington and at home in metro Atlanta. The Roswell Republican, who represents Northeast Cobb in Georgia's Sixth District, was the subject of an article in the conservative magazine National Review. In "Boehner's Biggest Threat," writer Robert Costa indicated that Price may challenge Speaker John Boehner if a federal budget deal falls through. But Price said through a spokesman later Monday that he won't be challenging Boehner as the so-called "fiscal cliff" over the federal budget looms. A aide to House leadership is quoted in the National Review article as saying that “Price is the person we’re all watching. We know he’s frustrated, but we don’t know much else.” The …

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