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House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) holds a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 112th Congress.

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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) conducts a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 112th Congress.

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House Republican leaders spoke to reporters after attending a party leadership meeting on Capitol Hill.  House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH), Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) and others criticized President Obama's proposed FY2013 budget, and called on the Administration to focus on small businesses.

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House Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. John Larson (D-CT) and Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) spoke to reporters after attending a party caucus meeting on Capitol Hill.  They spoke about legislation that extends the middle class payroll tax cut, unemployment benefits and relief for seniors.

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House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) accused the White House of using greatly exaggerated deficit reduction figures in its 2013 budget request. The Acting Budget Director Jeffrey Zients, defended the proposal by pointing out that the budget plan includes both short-term spending on infrastructure, education and other programs, while also taking steps to reign in the long-term budget deficit.

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House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) holds a weekly briefing on legislative issues in the 112th Congress.

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House Speaker Rep. John Boehner (R-OH) conducted his weekly briefing on the pay roll tax cut issue.

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By a vote of 417 to 2, House members passed a bill banning Congressional insider trading. The Senate passed it's version of the bill recently. Since there are differences between the House and Senate bills, they will have to meet to agree on a final version of the legislation.

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Senate Democrats defended the Obama Administration's contraception rule during a press briefing on Capitol Hill.  Senate Republicans met earlier and said the contraception mandate violates religious liberty.

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A House Energy Subcmte. questioned businesses about their efforts to protect communications networks from cyber threats Wednesday morning. Rep. Greg Walden (R-OR) chaired the hearing. 

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