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Rep. King takes sides in ideological split

US Rep. Peter King in Grand Central Terminal.

Photo credit: Jefferson Siegel, 2011 | US Rep. Peter King in Grand Central Terminal. (April 20, 2011)

WASHINGTON -- As Republicans struggle over selecting a presidential nominee, the splits in the Grand Old Party are evident nearly everywhere, including in New York.

Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford) recently publicly criticized House GOP freshmen for rejecting the Senate's two-month payroll-tax-cut extension -- an unusual attack that hit most of his seven New York Republican colleagues, all in their...

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