As Republicans caught their first glimpse of a showdown with President Obama in the new Congress, they were also locked in an internal struggle of their own. Just after lawmakers were sworn in, House Speaker John Boehner defeated an attempt from dissident Republicans to oust him from his post. Two dozen Republicans voted against Boehner’s speakership while one abstained, the highest number from a speaker’s own party in decades. Congressmembers Louie Gohmert of Texas and Ted Yoho of Florida led the challenge. In response to the failed ouster, Boehner retaliated by removing several lawmakers who opposed him from influential House committees.