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** FILE ** Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) speaks at the Tea Party Patriots 5th Anniversary Celebration at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) speaks at the Tea Party Patriots 5th Anniversary Celebration at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Thursday, February 27, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, knows his party is deeply divided on risking a government shutdown by taking a stand against Obamacare. (associated press)

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**FILE** Rep. Louie Gohmert, Texas Republican, leaves a tea party rally against the IRS at the U.S. Capitol in D.C. on June 19, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), left, the senator who former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yelled at during a senate hearing on the attacks in Benghazi, speaks with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), right, before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Geraci/The Washington Times)

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Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), right, the senator who former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton yelled at during a senate hearing on the attacks in Benghazi, and Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas), center, arrive before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, May 8, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Former Presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) chats with Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex) as they wait to speak to a crowd during a Tea Party Patriots rally in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 28, 2012, as the nation's high court takes up arguments regarding President Obama's health care overhaul. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Former Presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn) poses for a photo with Lisa Nancollas of Lewistown, Pa., as Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Tex) stands at left as they wait to speak to a crowd during a Tea Party Patriots rally in front of the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, March 28, 2012, as the nation's high court takes up arguments regarding President Obama's health care overhaul. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)

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Congressman Louie Gohmert (R-Tex.) questions U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder while he appears before the House Judiciary Committee to answer questions about "Fast and Furious" a federal gun sting which allowed weapons to go to Mexican drug cartels through straw buyers, Thursday, December 8, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)