John Boehner

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Speaker of the House John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) head to a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 1, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Speaker of the House John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, head to a Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Tuesday, January 1, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner leaves a GOP caucus meeting on "fiscal cliff" legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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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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House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 31, 2012, as leaders in the Senate and the House face pressure to find a legislative path to head off the automatic tax hikes and spending cuts set to take effect Jan. 1. (Associated Press)

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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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House Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer holds a press conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, to call on House Speaker John A. Boehner to bring the House back into session immediately to work on a "fiscal cliff" deal. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Some Democrats are calling on Speaker John A. Boehner to ignore the “majority of the majority” rule of thumb, as others have done to advance major legislation, to avert the Jan. 1 tax hikes and spending cuts. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks to reporters about the "fiscal cliff" negotiations at the Capitol in Washington on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)