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)
The new 113th U.S. Congress, which convened on Jan. 3, is set to take a
fresh crack at a number of old, and highly contentious, issues, such as
gun control, immigration, the record debt, tax reform and the farm
