WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Al Frankin (D-MN) visit before the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 3 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Al Frankin (D-MN) visit before the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.

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  1. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 28: Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Al Frankin (D-MN) visit before the bill signing ceremony for the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act in the East Room of the White House October 28, 2009 in Washington, DC. The $681 billion U.S. defense budget bill provides for a 3.4 percent pay increase for members of the U.S. military and included legislation that makes it a federal hate crime to assault people based on sexual orientation.
  2. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (C) leaves the John F. Kennedy Library as Sen. Edward Kennedy's casket is transported to the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help for his funeral August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Sen. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer on August 25.
  3. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., Al Franken, D-Minn., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., listen in the back.
  4. Sens. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, Al Franken, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Mark Begich, D-Alaska, Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., are all smiles during a news conference on health care legislation on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
  5. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 14: Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) (C) walks past Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) (L) and Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) (R) as they talk with aids during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill on October 14, 2009 in Washington, DC. The committee is hearing testimony on legislation to repeal a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
  6. Senate Judiciary Committee member Senator Al Franken, D-MN, attends a hearing on Patriot Act re-authorization September 23, 2009 in the Dirksen Senate Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
  7. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (L) greets U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ)(2nd L), House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH)(2nd R) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after a meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  8. L-R: House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, and Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain walk on a path on the North Lawn of the White House following a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC.
  9. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, speaks to reporters as Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV, looks on in front of the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  10. House Minority Leader John Boehner (C), R-OH, chats with Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member John McCain (L), R-AZ, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-KY, near the West Wing after a meeting on Afghanistan and Pakistan with US President Barack Obama October 6, 2009 at the White House in Washington, DC. Obama Tuesday sat down with senior lawmakers driving a raging debate on US Afghan strategy, as he works towards a decision on whether to send thousands more troops to war. Democratic and Republican leaders plus top members of key congressional committees met the president at the White House touting sharply conflicting visions of the next steps in the unpopular eight-year US military operation. Obama is methodically working through an internal policy review after US commander General Stanley McChrystal warned the war could be lost within a year without more troops, and reportedly asked for 40,000 more men.
  11. WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 06: U.S Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) (R) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) (L) walk away from reporters after talking outside the White House following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama along with other members of Congress October 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama met with Congressional leadership and the chairs and ranking members of the relevant committees to discuss planning for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  12. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speak about their meeting between Congressional leadership and President Barack Obama on Afghanistan and Pakistan at the White House in Washington, October 6, 2009.
  13. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: (L-R) Edward Kennedy Jr., Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI), Kara Kennedy, Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA), Gail Kirk and Vice President Joseph Biden gather for a photo during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Kirk, will fill the Senate seat of Sen. Ted Kennedy who died on August 25 of brain cancer.
  14. WASHINGTON - SEPTEMBER 25: Vice President Joseph Biden (L) talks with Sen. Paul G. Kirk Jr. (D-MA) (R), as Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) (2nd-R) and Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) stand nearby during a mock swearing-in ceremony at the US Capitol building on September 25, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senator Kirk, will fill the Senate seat of Sen. Ted Kennedy who died on August 25 of brain cancer.
  15. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: (AFP-OUT) Congressman Patrick Kennedy gives his remembrance of his father US Senator Edward Kennedy during the Senator's funeral at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer on August 25.
  16. BOSTON - AUGUST 29: (AFP-OUT) Congressman Patrick Kennedy gives his remembrance of his father US Senator Edward Kennedy during the Senator's funeral at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help August 29, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Kennedy, the youngest brother of former President John F. Kennedy and Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, died of brain cancer on August 25.

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