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

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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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Whether Republicans are actually passing these messages around on Twitter or Facebook is another question. But the sheer accumulation of the phrases over the past year does offer a nice visual timeline of the conservative side of the budget story.

And so we give you the GOP's #budgetmessages:

December 13, 2012 | #SpendingIsTheProblem

January 22, 2013 | #NoBudgetNoPay

February 5, 2013 | #RequireAPlan

February 13, 2013 | #Obamaquester

March 5, 2013 | #CutWaste

April 10, 2013 | #BalancedBudget

May 15. 2013 | #4Jobs

May 16, 2013 | @TheRedTapeTower

July 8, 2013 | #DontDoubleMyRate

August 2, 2013 | #StopGovtAbuse

October 1, 2013 | #SenateMustAct

October 8, 2013 | #LetsTalk

October 10, 2013 | #Time4Solutions

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