House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. passes the gavel to House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, who was re-elected as House Speaker of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio bangs the gavel after being re-elected as House Speaker of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., left, joined by other New York area-lawmakers affected by Superstorm Sandy, express their anger and disappointment after learning the House Republican leadership decided to allow the current term of Congress to end without holding a vote on aid for the storm's victims, at the Capitol in Washington, early Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013. From left are, King, Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., Rep. Joseph Crowley, D-N.Y., House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md., Rep. Gregory Meeks, D-N.Y., and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, enters the House of Representatives chamber, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, after surviving a roll call vote in the newly convened 113th Congress. He is escorted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Md. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as she poses with female House members prior to the officially opening of the 113th Congress. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Rep.-elect Joseph P. Kennedy III, D-Mass., grandson of Robert F. Kennedy, right, talks with his father Joseph P. Kennedy II, left, and Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr., D-N.J., center, as he waits to be sworn in as a member of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, accompanied by his wife Mary Herman, during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Vice President Joe Biden administers the Senate Oath to Sen. Mazie Keiko Hinoro, D-Hawaii, accompanied by her husband Leighton Kim Oshima, during a mock swearing in ceremony on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, as the 113th Congress officially began. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio points to a microphone in between performing mock swearing ins, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio performs a mock swearing in for Rep. Randy Forbes. R-Va., Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington, as the 113th Congress began. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center, followed by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., shakes hands as they walk into the House of Representatives chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, after they were re-elected in their current titles for the 113th Congress3. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is sworn in by Dean of the House, Rep . John Dingell , D-Mich., lower left, as the Speaker of the House of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio is sworn in as the House Speaker of the 113th Congress, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)