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The U.S. House of Representatives will stay in GOP control, ensuring Speaker John Boehner another term as the top leader. With Senate in Democrats' control, the Congress will be divided at the start of President Obama's second term. Ref. USAToday

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Boehner: Raising tax rates 'unacceptable'


The House speaker tells ABC News that increasing taxes on small businesses is the wrong approach.

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House Speaker John Boehner flatly rejected a $4 trillion Obama administration plan to avoid going over the fiscal cliff that was presented by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday in a private meeting. Ref. USAToday

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As the 113th Congress takes its place in the Capitol, John Boehner has been re-elected speaker of the House, getting 200 votes.

The new Congress represents several milestones: For the first time, there are more women and minority members in the Democratic House caucus, and there are 20 women in the Senate, the most ever in that chamber.

In all, 97 new members were sworn in today -- 13 in the Senate and 84 in the House. Republicans outnumber Democrats in the House by 234-201. Democrats control the Senate - there are 53 Democrats and two independents who generally vote with the Democrats - and 45 Republicans.

Several conservative members of Boehner's Republican caucus voted against him and others didn't vote in protest of what they see as the speaker not holding a hard enough line on fiscal issues. Ref. CNN

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Speaker Boehner Tells March for Life: We Will Stop Abortion Funding

Speaker of the House John Boehner, a pro-life congressman from Ohio, released the address to LifeNews that will be played at the March for Life today.

During the speech, Boehner says the House will approve a bill to make the Hyde Amendment banning taxpayer funding of abortions permanent. Currently, the provisions of the pro-life law stopping abortion funding must be renewed every year and abortion advocates hope to stop it. Ref. Source 3

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House Speaker John Boehner told fellow Republican legislators that he'd be willing to rely on Democrats to help raise the federal government's debt limit, according to a House Republican who attended a private meeting where Boehner was present.

The debt ceiling is the next fiscal fight looming for Democrats and Republicans, who held their ground on the third day of a federal government shutdown tied to Congress' inability to agree on a spending plan.

Officials say the federal debt ceiling needs to be increased by October 17 to avoid having the United States default on its obligations. Ref. CNN

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House Speaker John Boehner said today the way to resolve differences over raising the nation's debt limit is "To sit down and have a conversation to resolve our differences." He said there's never been a president who hasn't negotiated on the debt limit.

Asked whether he had a number in mind for the spending cuts he wants in exchange for raising the federal debt ceiling, Boehner said he's "Not drawing any lines in the sand." "I want to have a conversation," Boehner told reporters in Washington. "It's time to ... Resolve our differences."

Boehner's comments come as the Senate's Democratic leadership is expected to offer a debt ceiling bill that would not include any of the policy changes or spending cuts demanded by Republicans, according to a Senate Democratic leadership aide. Ref. CNN

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House Speaker John Boehner rejected President Obama's stance that he'll negotiate with Republicans only if the shutdown ends and the debt ceiling is raised.

A short time earlier, Obama told reporters at the White House that he'll negotiate other issues if there is even a short-term deal to end the shutdown and raise the debt limit.

Boehner called the president's position "Unsustainable," Adding: "The long and short of it is: There is going to be a negotiation here."

Their comments came on the eighth day of a partial government shutdown and nine days before the deadline to increase the federal borrowing limit or face possible default. Ref. CNN