U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (C) departs the senate floor with an aide after a senate vote in the early morning hours at the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 1, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Jonathan ErnstBy Nick CareyCHICAGO | Wed Jan 2,

U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) arrives to speak to the media on the ''fiscal cliff'' on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 21, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Yuri GripasWASHINGTON | Wed Jan 2, 2013 8:08pm EST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Speaker John

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Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt poses prior to a meeting at the Culture Ministry in Paris October 29, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Miguel Medina/PoolSAN FRANCISCO | Wed Jan 2, 2013 11:28pm EST SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's executive chairman,