John A. Boehner

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Allen West, a former congressman, is a signatory to a letter calling on House Speaker John A. Boehner to "create a Select Committee on Benghazi." (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, last week led the charge to undo some of the sequester cuts, replacing them with more spending now, offset by promised fees and cuts in the future. Mr. Boehner is one of a number of members of Congress who have changed their stance on the automatic cuts since the 2011 debt deal that set the sequesters in place. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, pauses while meeting with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013, before Congress leaves for a two-week Thanksgiving break. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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TOUGH JOB: House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, is "doing as well as any human being can do," according to Rep. H. Morgan Griffith, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)

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D.C. Mayor Vincent C. Gray listens to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, as Senate Democrats gather outside the Capitol to urge Speaker John A. Boehner and other House Republicans to break the impasse on a funding bill and stop the government shutdown. (Associated Press)