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Incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner arrives for a GOP Caucus meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 4, 2011. Boehner will take over the Speaker's duties from outgoing Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi tomorrow. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

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Nancy Pelosi: "No regrets" on last day as speaker

Stephen Ohlemacher

Justice Antonin Scalia and Rep. Michele Bachmann

Scalia will teach GOP the Constitution tomorrow

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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., talks with the Associated Press in his office on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010, file photo House Speaker-designate John Boehner, R-Ohio, talks with media on Capitol Hill in Washington. Two early showdowns on spending and debt will signal whether the 112th Congress can find common ground despite its partisan divisions, or whether it's destined for gridlock and brinkmanship that could threaten the nation's economic health. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

FILE - In this March 2, 2010, file photo, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif. takes part in a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. For an early idea of how the Democratic White House and emboldened House Republicans will get along next year, keep an eye on Vice President Joe Biden and California congressman Darrell Issa. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg, File) (AP)

Associated Press

President Obama is applauded after signing the health care bill. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Associated Press

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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves Alan Wong's Restaurant in Honolulu, Hawaii, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010, after dining with family and friends.. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

Undocumented college student Jorge Herrera, 18, center, of Carson, Calif., rallies with students and Dream Act supporters in Los Angeles, Saturday, Dec. 18, 2010. The Dream Act, which failed to move on in the Senate, would have given provisional legal status to illegal immigrants brought to the country as children. (AP Photo/Jason Redmond) (AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 17, 2010 file photo, President Barack Obama, joined by Republican and Democratic lawmakers, signs the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, during a signing ceremony at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. The massive new tax law signed by President Barack Obama is filled with all kinds of holiday stocking stuffers for businesses: tax breaks for producing TV shows, grants for putting up windmills, rum subsidies for Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Stephen Ohlemacher

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., right, hugs House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., during a signing ceremony for "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (AP)

Bruce J. Schulman

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Richard Lardner

President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden at left, speaks before signing the bipartisan tax package that extends tax cuts for families at all income levels, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010, in Washington. Aimed at helping to stabilize the recovering economy, the bill keeps in place tax cuts instituted by President George W. Bush for another two years. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Rep. Jean Schmidt, Rep. Aaron Schock and Rep. Steve King.

Reapportion away these five House members!

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 file photo, a gay rights supporter watches a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in Washington. Congress is one step away from ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, with the Senate ready for a landmark vote that could deliver a major victory to the homosexual community, liberals and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/File) (AP)

Associated Press

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2010 file photo, a gay rights supporter watches a news conference on the House vote to repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" policy in Washington. Congress is one step away from ending the ban on gays serving openly in the military, with the Senate ready for a landmark vote that could deliver a major victory to the homosexual community, liberals and President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/File) (AP)

Pelosi struggles to move tax bill through House

Muslims pray for rain after Friday prayers in Damascus on Dec. 10.

Stephan Salisbury

Michele Bachmann

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Harry Reid and Steny Hoyer

House to vote on "don't ask, don't tell" repeal

John Boehner

Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, Rep. Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.

Alan Abramowitz

President Barack Obama, accompanied by former President Bill Clinton, speaks briefly in the briefing room of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 10, 2010, before giving the microphone to Clinton, where he talked about Obama's urging of the Congress to move on the tax compromise he made with Republican congressional leaders. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Darlene Superville

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