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In, there will be 246 house republicans. so far, there are only about a dozen who will oppose boehner for speaker. those in the republican leadership who i talked with say this is just the group they not so lovingly call the hell no caucus. there are usually no votes on just about everything. the house speaker is elected by the entire house. boehner has the get a majority 218, that means he can afford to lose 29 republicans and still be speaker. i talked to his allies yesterday. they say they are monitoring that issue. here is tom cole. a boehner ally. >> this is a last-minute side show. this ...

Speakers. he talked to his aides and they are monitoring this but not that worried. here is tom cole the republican congress member who is a boehner ally. >> this is a last moment side show. it distracts from the message now that we have the senate. about keystone and fixes on obamacare and trade and regulatory reform. instead on the opening day of the republican congress we have republicans add odds. that's unfortunate. it doesn't accomplish anything productive. >> reporter: the argument that cole and others make is you cannot replace someone with no one. right now, there is no other house re...

Amendments debating them voting on them. the american people at the end of the day will have an idea how their senators feel about these issues and we'll see if we can send some things to the president that he'll sign. we hope so. >>et's break down a couple of the specifics you just mentioned. congresswoman-elect dingell, the keystone pipeline. do you think the president should sign that or veto it? >> i'm waiting to hear what the president's going to tell us about keystone. i myself have not decided how i'm going to vote on it. i think it has the potential to create jobs but i haven't heard w...