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ASSOCIATED PRESS Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell (center) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) speak Aug. 24 in Mineral, Va., with businessman B.J. Singh after his store was damaged by last week's earthquake. The distribution of disaster-relief funds has caused political backlash in Virginia.

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**FILE** In this photo from Aug. 1, 2011, House Republican Conference Chairman Jeb Hensarling (center), Texas Republican, joined by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left), Virginia Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, California Republican, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill on the debt deal agreement. (Associated Press)

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"I don't think [President Obama has] ever really run a business, I don't think he's ever really created a job," said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner, (right) Ohio Republican, and Republican Conference Chairman Rep. Jeb Hensarling (center), Texas Republican, listen as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks July 26, 2011, during a news conference at the Republican National Committee on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right) and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor. (Associated Press)

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, right, speaks during a news conference with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., left, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, July 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (right), Virginia Republican, and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (left), California Republican, listens as House Speaker John Boehner, Ohio Republican, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, talks to reporters Wednesday about debt-ceiling solutions. “I have said from day one, we are not for tax hikes on the American people or businesses, and if the president wants to talk loopholes, we'll be glad to talk loopholes.” (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** In this file photo of Thursday, June 16, 2011, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia, right, stands with House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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**FILE** House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, meets with reporters in his office at the Capitol in Washington, on June 13, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center front), followed by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy, arrives at the Capitol to address a joint meeting of Congress on Tuesday, May 24, 2011, in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says Rep. Paul Ryan, the author of a plan to overhaul government health care programs, would make a good presidential candidate. Mr. Ryan said he is not planning to run for president.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Republicans (from left) Rep. Mick Mulvaney of South Carolina, Rep. Renee Ellmers of North Carolina and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia leave a Wednesday news conference where they announced a strengthened revival of the "YouCut" plan.

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Appearing on “Fox News Sunday,” House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, said, "We've had to bring this president kicking and screaming to the table to cut spending." (Fox News via Associated Press)

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BLUEPRINT: House Speaker John A. Boehner, flanked by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (left) and Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy talks with reporters after the 2012 budget outline. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (right), Ohio Republican, and others look on as House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, Virginia Republican, speaks during a news conference regarding the federal budget on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, March 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

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House Speaker John A. Boehner (center) of Ohio is flanked by fellow Republicans House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia (left) and House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy of California as he speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. Mr. Boehner chided Democrats over the budget impasse. (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the hearings "assess how we can better work with the Muslim community in America to stop the spread of radical Islam." (Associated Press)

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House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 28, 2011, as Congress resumes work on a spending plan to avoid a government shutdown. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)