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Vice President Dick Cheney walks to the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, for the certification of the Electoral College votes

Vice President and President of the Senate, Dick Cheney (L), raps the gavel to begin a joint session of Congress with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi in the US Captiol in Washington, DC. A joint session of the US Congress on Thursday formally certified the election of Barack Obama as the 44th president of the United States in a ceremony rich in history and symbolism

Vice President Dick Cheney hands Robert Brady (D-PA) the electoral college vote from the state of Ohio as Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi watches during the counting of the vote by a joint session of congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, January 8, 2009

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Vice President Dick Cheney accompanied by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., bangs the gavel at the conclusion of the counting of the Electoral College votes, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009, during a joint session of Congress.

Vice President Dick Cheney during an interview with the Associated Press at the White House, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

Vice President Dick Cheney sits in his West Wing office during an interview with the Associated Press at the White House in Washington Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009

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Pelosi said she felt like an anvil had been lifted off her head when President Bush left office. Personally, I think it should have DROPPED on her head; knock some sense into her.