** FILE ** This file photo shows House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, (left) and Rep. Jim Jordan, Ohio Republican. "Families and businesses have had to cut back, and they're demanding that Washington do the same," said Jordan, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, the House conservative caucus. (Associated Press)
House Speaker John A. Boehner arrives for a news conference before Wednesday's House passage of a bill to repeal the health care law. With him (from left) are Reps. Nan Hayworth and Cathy McMorris Rodgers and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. (Associated Press)
**FILE** In this Jan. 6 photo, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio (right), accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, holds a copy of a proposal to repeal the Health Care Bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, accompanied by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., holds a copy of a proposal to repeal the Health Care Bill, Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, during news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
In this Jan. 5, 2011, file photo, House Speaker John Boehner re-enacts the swearing in of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, Arizona Democrat, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Mrs. Giffords was shot in the head on Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, while meeting with constituents in her district in the area around Tucson. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio administers the House oath to Rep. Frank Lucas, Oklahoma Republican, during a mock swearing-in ceremony Wednesday on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)
House Speaker John A. Boehner (fourth from left), Ohio Republican, participates in the ceremonial swearing-in of Rep. Raul Labrador (third from right), Idaho Republican, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011. Mr. Labrador's wife, Rebecca, and their five children also are pictured. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
In this photo taken Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2011, Republican Reps. Pete Sessions of Texas, left, and Mike Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, raise their hands and recite the oath of office as they watch a television broadcast of Speaker of the House John Boehner administering the oath from the House floor, during a reception for Fitzpatrick supporters in the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington. (AP Photo/The Intelligencer, David Garrett)
TEARS OF JOY: Mr. Boehner wipes away tears as he waits to receive that gavel from outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. Mrs. Pelosi served two terms as the House's top member. (Associated Press)
