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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

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.

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  1. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  2. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: Rep. George Miller (D-CA) (L) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) walk to the House floor on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. Members of the House of Representatives continued debate on healthcare reform legislation. President Obama made an unexpected apperance to Captiol Hill in an effort to secure the votes for the health care legislation.
  3. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: U.S. President Barack Obama (3R) stands with House Democratic leaders House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) (L), Rep. Joe Crowley (D-NY) (2L), Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (3L), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (C), Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA) (2R) and Rep. John Larson (D-CT) (R) after a caucus meeting on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama spoke with members of the House Democratic Caucus about healthcare reform legislation which is expected to be voted on today.
  4. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 06: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (5th L) reacts as she shakes hands with Rep. Bill Owens (D-NY) (L) as (2nd L to R) Owens' granddaughter Caroline Antonipillai, wife Jane, daughter Jenna and son-in-law Warren Jackson look on during a mock swearing in November 6, 2009 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. Owens won the special election for seat that was vacated by John McHugh.
  5. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Fr. Norman Weslin (R) of Omaha, Nebraska, is dragged by U.S. Capitol Police after refusing to leave Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) office while demonstrating against the health care reform bill at the Cannon House Office Building November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. The protesters were voicing their opposition to Congress' health care reform legislation, saying it supports government funding of abortion.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) arrives at her weekly news conference at the US Capitol on November 5, 2009 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi spoke about the House of Representatives upcoming vote on health care legislation.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 3: House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) talk before a joint meeting of Congress on Capitol Hill November 3, 2009 in Washington, DC. Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany addressed the joint meeting of the US House of Representatives and Senate after meeting with President Barack Obama earlier in the day.
  8. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 30: (AFP-OUT) Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (L) holds Ryan White's mother before President Barack Obama signs the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009 on October 30, 2009 in the Diplomatic Room of the White House in Washington, DC. The act is the largest federally funded program for people living with HIV/AIDS in the US and was named in honor of Ryan White, a teenager who contracted AIDS in 1984 and became a well-known advocate for AIDS research and awareness, until his death on April 8, 1990.
  9. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 29: U.S. Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) shakes hands with House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (R) during an event at the U.S. Capitol unveiling the House of Representatives' 'Affordable Health Care for America Act' October 29, 2009, in Washington, DC. The proposed bill would cost $896 billion over 10 years and extend health care to 96 percent of Americans, according to Pelosi's office.
  10. From left: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, US President Barack Obama, former Senator Edward William Brooke, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senator John Kerry, D-MA, listen to the national anthem during the Congressional Gold Medal presentation ceremony for Brooke October 28, 2009 in the Rotunda of the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Brooke was the first African American to be elected to the Senate.
  11. US President Barack Obama shakes hands with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi before speaking at a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraising dinner October 26, 2009 at a hotel in Miami.
  12. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 07: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks during the International Campaign for Tibet 'Light Of Truth' Awards ceremony at Sidney Harman Hall, Harman Center for the Arts on October 7, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  13. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: The Dalai Lama (R) presents House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) with a Khata during a ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice hosted the ceremony to honor the Dalai Lama as the first recipient of the Lantos Human Rights Prize.
  14. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 30: Rep. John Dingell (D-MI) (L) speaks during a news conference with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) at the U.S. Captiol September 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. Dingell, Pelosi and others talked about the health care legislation before the House and how they say it will strengthen Medicare.
  15. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 29: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (L) and House Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) participate in a news conference after a meeting on Capitol Hill, on September 29, 2009 in Washington, DC. Speaker Pelosi spoke about health care legislation that is currently before Congress. The Senate Finance Committee panel today voted against a public government option health insurance proposal.

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. US President Barack Obama (C) waves as he walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (2nd L), US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (3rd L), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, (3rd R) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R), and other leaders after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 7, 2009.
  4. US President Barack Obama (C) walks out of the Caucus Room with House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn (L) and Congressman John Larson (2nd R after a meeting on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, November 7, 2009.
  5. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives to give a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksforUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  6. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi arrives to give a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksforUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  7. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  8. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  9. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  10. US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gives a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington,DC on November 17, 2009 for the launch of ScienceWorksForUS, an initiative to highlight the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible through the 2009 economic stimulus package.
  11. Indonesian activists wear masks featuring US President Barrack Obama (L), Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (2nd L), President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso(2nd R) and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd during a protest against biodiversity offset programs, in Jakarta on November 18, 2009. Scores of environment activists held a protest against the program of biodiversity offset as they believed that biodiversity offsets are conservation activities intended to compensate for the residual, unavoidable harm to biodiversity caused by development projects, and is not the real solution and will ruin ecological dignity of developing countries.
  12. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: In this photo illustration, a copy of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' sits on end on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  13. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) open boxes of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' as other books sit on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  14. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Matt Cross (R) puts copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  15. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.
  16. OREM, UT - NOVEMBER 16: Gary Haynes (R) and Matt Cross (L) put copies of Sarah Palin's book 'Going Rogue' on a display in the back room of a Costco November 16, 2009 in Orem, Utah. The Orem Costco received between 800-900 copies of the book which will go on sale tomorrow.

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  13. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser are seen outside the cabinet meeting room in Jerusalem, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Netanyahu heads to Berlin on Monday for a special joint session of the German and Israeli governments, a symbolic visit that highlights the strong bond between the two nations six decades after the Holocaust.
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  16. Nepal's Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Sharat Singh Bhandari, left, and Forest and Soil Conservation Minister Deepak Bohara speak during a press conference in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009. Nepal's government says it will hold a Cabinet meeting at Kalapathar at an altitude of 17,192 feet (5,250 meters)on Mount Everest on Dec. 4 to highlight the threat from global warming to glaciers in the Himalayas.