McConnell grabs majority reins in Senate as GOP vows to get to work
                                
                                
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                                    The 114th Congress has convened with solid Republican majorities in both houses, Mitch McConnell as the new Senate majority leader, and John Boehner retaining his gavel in the House despite a Tea Party challenge. In what the  AP  calls "a day of pomp, circumstance, and raw politics," Joe...