U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 27, 2009. Reuters Pictures 5 months ago

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (L) and Chinese President Hu Jintao shake hands at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing May 27, 2009.

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  5. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), speaks to the press outside the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (R) and other leaders after a meeting on health care reform with US President Barack Obama on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 7, 2009. The US House of Representatives opened a historic debate Saturday on remaking US health care.
  6. US President Barack Obama (C) shakes hands with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (2nd L) as he walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (R) after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 7, 2009.
  7. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: The plaque with Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) name hangs outside her Captiol Hill office October 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. A document from the House of Representatives ethics committee inadvertently placed on a publicly accessible computer network outlined investigations into the activities of Kaptur and 29 other lawmakers. The 22-page document, titled 'Committee on Standards Weekly Summary Report,' was discovered on a file-sharing computer server and also outlined investigations by the Office of Congressional Ethics, a quasi-independent body that initiates investigations and provides recommendations to the ethics committee.
  8. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) participates in a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  9. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), participates in a news conference with at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  10. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: The longest serving member of the House of Representatives, Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell and others talked about the current health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare. What started as a tribute to his father, who served in Congress until his death in 1955, Dingell has introduced health care legislation in every Congress since 1957.
  11. Human rights activist Sophie Richardson testifies before the US House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on September 29, 2009 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  12. Chinese human rights activist Ting Shen testifies to the US House of Representatives' Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission on September 29, 2009 in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington.
  13. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  14. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  15. Hindu nationalist party Shiv Sena activists burn an effigy of Chinese President Hu Jintao during a protest in New Delhi October 5, 2009. Activists were protesting against the Chinese government decision to offer separate stand-alone visas to residents of Muslim-majority disputed Indian territory Jammu and Kashmir.
  16. Present and former Chinese Communist Party leaders Jiang Zemin (R) and Hu Jintao (L) are seen on a giant screen from National Day celebrations earlier in the day as particiants gather on Tiananmen Square for evening events on October 1, 2009 in Beijing as China celebrated 60 years of communist rule with a military parade and lavish ceremonies showcasing the nation's revival as a global power.

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