House Speaker John Boehner and members of the House Republican leadership speak to the media shorty after the House passed a bill that would suspend the debt ceiling on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 23, 2013.
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John Boehner is surrounded by reporters after the House voted to raise the debt ceiling at the U.S. Capitol on August 1, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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Speaker of the House John Boehner, flanked by members of his party, speaks at a news conference on the debt ceiling debate, July 28, 2011.
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Speaker of the House Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) poses for photographs after his televised address to the nation about the federal budget and debt ceiling crisis at the U.S. Capitol July 25, 2011 in Washington, DC.
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U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C), flanked by Senator Jon Kyl (L-R), Senator Lamar Alexander, Senator John Barrasso, Senator John Cornyn and Senator John Thune, talks to reporters about the senate's passage of debt ceiling legislation at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, August 2, 2011.