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Earwax allegations infiltrate Hispanic caucus controversy

By Gabriella Munoz
Published November 15, 2017 7:40pm ET
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Earwax allegations infiltrate Hispanic caucus controversy
Republican Rep. Carlos Curbelo is trying to join the CHC, but he needs to be approved by its current members. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) | J. Scott Applewhite

What should have been another typical partisan squabble took a turn for the weird on Tuesday.

Reps. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., are locked in a Congressional Hispanic Caucus controversy, reported on by the Washington Examiner’s Laura Barrón-López. Curbelo is trying to join the CHC, but he needs to be approved by its current members. Gallego informed Barrón-López that he would be voting no, partly because of Curbelo’s support for House Speaker Paul Ryan.

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