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For 13 years, House Republicans have cycled between a far-right group of about 15 to 30 conservatives first holding things hostage, and then the leadership team getting ahead of the next hostage-taking by declaring that that was the preferred strategy.
An examination of how the negotiations played out in 2011 provides clues to why Biden, then vice president, and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s positions are so far apart this time around.