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By Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images and Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images | January 6President Barack Obama makes a statement following passage by the House of Representatives for tax legislation on Tuesday, January 1, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Vice President Joe Biden joined the president on stage. (Pool photo by Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images via Abaca Press/MCT)