John Boehner

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner of Ohio walks in House of Representatives chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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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 Speaker John A. Boehner enters the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, after surviving a roll-call vote for re-election in the newly convened 113th Congress. He is escorted by Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Anne Easby-Smith, left, and Trace Robbins, right, who work for House Speaker John Boehner, help to prepare the Rayburn Room on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, where members of the House of Representatives will pose for pictures at an oath-of-office ceremony with Boehner. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) and Speaker John A. Boehner enter a GOP meeting Wednesday, showing solidarity. (Associated Press)

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Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, heads into a meeting with Speaker of the House John Boehner in his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 2, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Late on New Year's Day, Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, walks past reporters after a closed-door meeting meeting of House Republicans as the "fiscal cliff" bill passed by the Senate last night waits for a vote in the GOP-controlled House, at the Capitol, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)