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House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) formally invited President Obama to present the State of the Union address Jan. 24 in a letter sent to the White House on Wednesday.

"As we work together to end this legislative year by advancing initiatives to help Americans struggling in a difficult economy, we must also look ahead for new opportunities to put solutions before politics," Boehner wrote in the letter.

The GOP leader also seemed to nod to the current budget debate, with the Senate and House clashed over extensions of the payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits program.

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