But for all the private tension between the city lawmakers and the others in Republican conference, those divisions have rarely surfaced in such a public way.
Since the failed Soviet coup, however, the latent division between orthodox Communists and more reform-minded leftists has suddenly surfaced.
The division of Fox Television surfaced last week as Young America's biggest cash sponsor.
Clay was replaced as editor in early 1895, but other divisions subsequently surfaced.
However, by the late 1970s these ideological divisions surfaced in the debates between, and amongst, community activists and community educators.
But divisions have surfaced in the campaign and in the party over how best - and how far - to take on Mr. Bush.
Political divisions between board members soon surfaced.
But when racial divisions surfaced, they served as a reminder of the volatility of the case.
The bishops are still reeling from the priest sexual abuse scandal, and divisions have recently surfaced over that as well.
Over the summer, as published criticism continued and museum professionals from around the country wrote in to express concern, divisions within the board surfaced.