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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks Nov. 7, 2012, at the Capitol in Washington about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress. (Associated Press)

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Speaker of the House John Boehner, Ohio Republican, talks at the Capitol in Washington on Nov. 7, 2012, about the elections and the unfinished business of Congress. (Associated Press)

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President Obama, here with daughters Sasha and Malia, faces a “fiscal cliff” crisis that must be worked out with Congress before January. (Associated Press)

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Canisius College political science professors Kevin Hardwick (left), a Republican, and Michael Haselswerdt, a Democrat, say there’s a viable chance that the presidential candidates could split the electoral votes 269-269, leaving Congress to elect the nation’s president and the Senate to choose the vice president. (Canisius College)

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Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, who is running for re-election in Maryland's sixth district in a tight race against Democrat John Delaney, makes phone calls to undecided voters from the Bartlett for Congress victory office in Montgomery Village, Md. on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Roscoe G. Bartlett, Maryland Republican, has held his seat in Congress for 20 years, but Democratic challenger John Delaney is poised to oust him from office in the redrawn 6th Congressional District. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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In this 2011 photo provided by Altschuler for Congress, businessman Randy Altschuler poses for a photo, in Smithtown, N.Y. Altschuler will seek the Republican nomination to challenge Democratic incumbent Timothy Bishop, to represent New Yorkís First District in the U.S. House of Representatives. (Associated Press)