Mixed Emotions

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, stands next to a portrait of former President George W. Bush as he waits to speaks with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 24, 2012, following a House GOP caucus meeting. In the final week before the August break, the Republican-controlled House is set to vote on a bill to extend for one year the Bush-era tax cuts, including those for wealthier people, a bill that the Senate would likely reject.

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