House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, applauds after handing the gavel to House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, who was re-elected as House Speaker of the 113th Congress, on Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Associated Press)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday, May 24, 2011. Behind him are Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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.
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)
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.
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)
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OPEN TO COMPROMISE: "If the only option I have is to vote for some of those tax reductions, I'll vote for it," House Minority Leader John A. Boehner says. (Associated Press)
Associated Press photographs House Republican leader Rep. John A. Boehner (left) outlined a GOP alternative to President Obama's proposal for more economic stimulus spending.
