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Republican House Speaker John Boehner Dept: What long has been a nonstarter for Republicans raising tax rates on wealthy Americans and on capital gains is now backed by Republican House Speaker John Boehner as he negotiates with Obama to avert a potential fiscal crisis at the end of this year. Party luminaries, including Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, have started calling for a wholesale shift in the Republicans' approach to immigration after Hispanic voters shunned the party's candidates. And some Republicans who previously championed gun rights now are opening the door to restrictions following the school shooting in Connecticut earlier this month, according to Montreal Gazette. "You've got to take all these things into consideration," Grassley said and dES MOINES, Iowa - For years, Republicans in the U.S. have adhered fiercely to their bedrock conservative principles, resisting Democratic calls for tax hikes, comprehensive immigration reform and gun control. Now, seven weeks after President Barack Obama won a strong re-election, some party leaders are signalling a willingness to bend on all three issues. "Put guns on the table. Also, put video games on the table. Put mental health on the table," Rep. Jack Kingston of Georgia said last week. Other prominent Republicans echoed him in calling for a sweeping review of how to prevent tragedies like the Newtown, Connecticut, massacre. Among those who were open to a re-evaluation of gun policies were Sens. Marco Rubio of Florida and Chuck Grassley of Iowa. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.