Politics

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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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Blaer Bjarkardottir (left), 15, left, pictured with her mother, Bjork Eidsdottir, is bringing legal action against the Icelandic government to allow her to use her name, which is not on the list of 1,853 government-approved female names. (AP Photo/Anna Andersen)

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Vice President Joseph R. Biden watches at left as Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., second from left, accompanied by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., second form right, and Senate Majority whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, walks the steps to the Senate door of the Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (front row), California Democrat, poses with other female House members on the steps of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, before the official opening of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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** FILE ** Then Rep.-elect Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as she poses with other female House members prior to the official opening of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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Retiring Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass. talks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, prior to the start of the 113th Congress. Joseph Kennedy III is scheduled to be sworn in Thursday, replacing Frank. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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This aerial image provided by the U.S. Coast Guard shows the Royal Dutch Shell drilling rig Kulluk aground off a small island near Kodiak Island on Jan. 1, 2013. Officials said no leak has been seen from the drilling ship, which grounded off the island during a storm. (Associated Press/U.S. Coast Guard)

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** FILE ** Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (second from right) and French actor Gerard Depardieu (left) visit the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg in 2010. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)

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Syrian rebels gather around a fire as they plan patrols in the Saif al-Dawlah neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria, on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/Andoni Lubaki)

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President Obama salutes as he deplanes from Air Force One upon his arrival at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. The president is back in Hawaii for vacation after a tense, end-of-the-new-year standoff with Congress over the "fiscal cliff." (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)