The GOP's budget messaging campaign: A #hashtag tale

(Image credit: (REUTERS/Jason Reed))

last updated 8 January 2015

As the clock ticks down, Democrats and Republicans are still at an impasse over the budget and the debt ceiling, with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) suffering yet another humiliating setback at the hands of his own party.

But you can't fault Boehner for not trying hard enough on Twitter.

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