John Boehner narrowly won a third term as House of Representatives Speaker on Tuesday, surviving a stiff challenge from 25 conservative Republicans that may signal a growing split in the party as it takes full control of Congress. Boehner received 216 of 408 votes, with a growing faction of dissident House Republicans opposing him because they said he had done too little to cut spending and fight President Barack Obama's immigration and healthcare policies. The last time that more than 25 House members voted against a Speaker candidate from their own party was in 1859, according to congressional historians. Within hours of the vote, a senior Republican aide said that Florida representatives Richard Nugent and Daniel Webster, who had both opposed Boehner, were stripped of their assignments on the powerful House Rules Committee. Read more http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/01/07/us-usa-congress-idUSKBN0KF1ME20150107
