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Republicans to retaliate in Obama appointees spat

Associated Press

  January 23, 2012

President Obama’s appointments to two key agencies during the Senate’s year-end break ensures that GOP senators will return to work Monday in an angry and fighting mood. Less clear is what those furious Republicans will do to retaliate against Obama’s “bring it on’’ end run around the Senate’s role in confirming nominees to major jobs.

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