This controversial issue could prove to be a real test for House Speaker John Boehner's leadership because it splits the House Republican conference.

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Fiscal debates will again dominate Congress' agenda for early 2013, but other contentious battles such as immigration reform will also split House Republicans and could test Boehner's hold on the speaker's gavel.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard won the first major test of her Labor government after her nominee was re-elected parliamentary speaker.

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The group was A-Bing different cables, and unbeknownst to them, the engineer running the test swapped out a set of cables for coat hangers with soldered-on speaker connections.

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