Politics

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** FILE ** Rep. Peter T. King (left), New York Republican, joined by other lawmakers from areas affected by Superstorm Sandy, expresses his anger and disappointment after learning the House Republican leadership had decided to allow the current term of Congress to end without holding a vote on aid for the storm's victims, at the Capitol in Washington early on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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President Obama smiles as he arrives in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington to make a statement regarding the passage of the "fiscal cliff" bill on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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A Filipino trader blows a horn during the first day of trading at Philippine Stock Exchange at the financial district of Makati, south of Manila, Philippines on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. Stock markets in Asia registered relief Wednesday over the U.S. congressional vote to stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax increases and spending cuts that risked plunging the world's biggest economy into recession. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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** FILE ** In this Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, photo, Free Syrian Army fighters fire at enemy positions during heavy clashes with government forces, in the Salaheddine district of Aleppo, Syria. Activists say Syrian rebels have captured an oil pumping station in the north central province of Raqqa about 160 km east of Aleppo after days of fighting. (AP Photo/Abdullah Al-Yasin)

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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)

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Democratic Rep. Earl Blumenauer was outspoken over the deal’s limits and called it “incomprehensible” that spending cuts will be on the table again in two months. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** A Marine sentry stands guard at the White House on Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, an indication that President Obama is working in the West Wing. (Associated Press)

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A bill introduced in the Missouri Senate would require parents to disclose their gun ownership status to local schools. (Associated Press)

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A student joins a protest in Ankara last month against the Turkish government and NATO’s deployment of Patriot missiles near the border with Syria. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is portrayed in a cardboard cutout as Adolf Hitler. (Associated Press)

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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)