
GOP Freshmen Will Hold Boehner to His Big Promises
For political junkies of a certain age, it was a given that the House of Representatives would always be controlled by Democrats For political junkies of a certain age, it was a given that the House of Representatives would always be controlled by Democrats. They won the chamber in 1954 and held on for 40 years — more than twice as long as any party in American history had before. […]