I certainly wasn't the the only one to notice how big John Boehner's gavel was. Even Nancy Pelosi, who became minority leader, made a quip when she handed the gavel to the newly minted speaker of the ...

As the 112th session of Congress begins, the gavel is passed from Nancy Pelosi to John Boehner — make that "a" gavel is passed. That's because the speaker of the House doesn't use just one gavel: He ...