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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, listens to a reporter's question during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (Associated Press)

** FILE ** President Barack Obama, flanked by Vice President Joseph R. Biden and House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio, gives his State of the Union address during a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, Pool)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, performs a mock swearing-in ceremoney for Rep. Donna F. Edwards (right), Maryland Democrat, on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center right), Ohio Republican, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (center left), Virginia Republican, walk to a second GOP caucus meeting to discuss the "fiscal cliff" bill — which was passed by the Senate on Monday night — at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left), California Democrat, and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican (Associated Press) ** FILE **

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Recent calls for a repeal of Obamacare serve as a reminder of the pressure Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, will be under from the various wings of the GOP if Republicans seize control of both chambers for the first time since 2006. (Associated Press)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS "We need a new majority in Congress that will stand up to President Obama and insist that he starts listening to the American people," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, said at a rally at a manufacturing facility in his home state.

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Rep. John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks on the economy at a rally, Friday, Oct. 8, 2010, at United Group Services in West Chester, Ohio. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio addresses the American Enterprise Institute in Washington about ways to make Congress more fiscally responsible.

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House Minority Leader John A. Boehner (center), Ohio Republican -- accompanied by Craig Fritsche (left), president of Tart Lumber, and Tabetha A. Baume-Chandler, president of Facility Technology, both in Sterling, Va. -- announces the Republicans' "Pledge to America" agenda. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)