U.S. House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (L)(R-VA) are pictured at a press conference following a House Republican party meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 8, 2013. Boehner renewed his call on Tuesday for deficit-reduction talks with President Barack Obama and signalled that the discussions would be wide open. REUTERS/Jason Reed (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)