<h1>Mike Pence bucked Republican establishment on rise to conservative stardom</h1>
<div class=”repubhubembed”></div><p class=”rhexcerpt”>CLEVELAND – Mike Pence’s rise to conservative stardom began with defeats. In 2003, as a second-term Republican in Congress, Mr. Pence bucked his party chiefs and voted against the new Medicare prescription drug benefit entitlement that President George W. Bush was insisting on – one of just 25 Republicans to break with the White House. Two&hellip;<!–more–></p><style>.rhexcerpt{display:none;}</style><iframe class=”rhembed” src=”//d2uzdrx7k4koxz.cloudfront.net/user/view.act?p=NzI4MA==&c=Mzc4NDE3MzY=&fuid=MjI5MjQxNjY=&showDate=true” height=”1500″ width=”100%” style=”border:0;overflow-x:hidden;background:transparent;” allowtransparency=”yes” scrolling=”no” data-size=”6767″></iframe><script async type=”text/javascript” src=”//d2uzdrx7k4koxz.cloudfront.net/user/js/rh.js”></script>

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