Congress

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Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, arrives in the U.S. House of Representatives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, after narrowly being re-elected as speaker of the House for the 113th Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner holds the gavel after narrowly being re-elected to lead the U.S. House of Representatives in the 113th Congress on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (front row), California Democrat, poses with other female House members on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, before the official opening of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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** FILE ** Then Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as she poses with other female House members prior to the official opening of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Reporters pursue Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, as he walks to a closed-door meeting with GOP members of the House as Congress in Washington, Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, as Senate and House leaders rush to assemble a last-ditch agreement to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks to a closed-door GOP caucus as Congress meets to negotiate a legislative path to avoid the so-called "fiscal cliff" of automatic tax increases and deep spending cuts that could kick in Jan. 1., at the Capitol, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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“You can’t point to a time when Congress has been this reluctant to pass farm legislation,” Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Sunday morning on CNN’s “State of the Union.” (Associated Press)

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Illustration Obama Face-off with Congress by Greg Groesch for The Washington Times

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What Congress wants for Christmas. (Illustration by Dana Summers for the Orlando Sentinel)

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FILE - In this Nov. 16, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama acknowledges House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, as he hosted a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

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** FILE ** President Obama acknowledges House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, while speaking to reporters in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on Sunday, Nov. 16, 2012, as he hosts a meeting of the bipartisan, bicameral leadership of Congress to discuss the deficit and the economy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper was on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for intelligence briefings with members of Congress that included showing security camera footage of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi. (Associated Press)