By of the Journal Sentinel Washington, D.C. — Glenn Grothman got elected to Congress last fall as a conservative firebrand. But in his first vote on the House floor Tuesday, he spurned the right-wing rebels in his party and supported another term as speaker for John Boehner. "I think people who wanted to not have Boehner win on the floor today have to ask themselves what the alternative was," said the Wisconsin Republican, referring to conservative activists and lawmakers unhappy with the House speaker. "The time for conservative legislators to run against John Boehner was (last) November," said Grothman, who was sworn in Tuesday to replace Tom Petri as the congressman from Wisconsin's 6th...
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