Hoyer Claims No 'Bad Blood' With Pelosi

In this photo provided by ABC News, Rep. Steny Hoyer, D-Md., appears for an interview with George Stephanopolous on ABC's This Week, in Washington, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2006. (AP Photo/ABC News, Linda Spillers) (Linda Spillers - AP)

Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C., who was elected to the No. 3 House post as majority whip, said, "I very well would support him if that's what Nancy would like to happen."

Gingrich said the main challenge for incoming House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio and other Republican leaders is to focus on regaining control of the House in 2008 rather than being the "White House's floor leader."

"They are very different jobs," Gingrich said, citing the danger for Bush in the final two years of his presidency to get caught up on "legacy concerns" rather than working for the broader interests of the Republican Party.

"The House Republicans have a different institutional challenge. How do they reach out in very closely contested districts, recruit the candidates, build the record, create the excitement and the energy to regain a majority?" Gingrich added.

Separately, Rep. Charles Rangel said tax increases are not on the Democratic agenda. But he said there are some taxes that "we Democrats and hopefully some of the new Republicans would like to see more targeted to the working class and to the middle-class people."

Rangel, incoming chairman of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, declined to say whether he would support a 100 percent deduction for college tuition up to $3,000 a year.

"The problem is that, if you're talking about credits and you're talking about tax reform, it's inconsistent," said Rangel, D-N.Y.

Hoyer appeared on ABC's "This Week," Gingrich spoke on "Fox News Sunday," Rangel was on CBS' "Face the Nation," and Clyburn was on "Late Edition" on CNN.