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by Josh Marshall
02.03.05 | 12:17 pm

Right out of the box Rep. John Boehner (R), Chairman of House Education and the Workforce Committee, said he was willing and ready to investigate the Armstrong Williams payola affair. Now, it seems, he’s decided he’d rather not investigate after all.

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