Boehner wants renewed focus on jobs WASHINGTON, Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said he wants to get Republican members of Congress "on the same page" in the upcoming session. "You know, I grew up in a big family and had my share of frustration trying to come to decisions within the family," Boehner told The New York Times. And, my goodness, there are 242 of us in this [House] family. You're going to have divergent opinions. "Some people want to do more things, and they want to do them faster," he added. Others think we ought to take a more reasoned approach. My job is to listen to my members to make a decision about how we move forward, get everybody on the same page and go. It's not easy. House Republicans are looking for accomplishments in 2012, after the party was forced to accept a short-term extension of the payroll tax cut at the end of 2011, the Times reported Sunday. "He needs to be clear in what our strategy is," said Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind. I got chewed out by folks who said, 'Why did you fold?' I got scolded back home, and I don't really like it. "Leadership has to make decisions sometimes," he added, "but we could at least be on the same page." There will be no mandatory legislation in 2012 like the bill to raise the debt ceiling or to finance the government, which should ease the chaos, the Times said. "We will have continued, relentless focus on getting our economy moving again and getting the American people back to work," Boehner said.