President Barack Obama walks into the Cannon Caucus Room to meet with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 weeks ago

President Barack Obama walks into the Cannon Caucus Room to meet with House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.

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  1. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 21: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) listens during a news conference regarding the Senate's health care reform bill on Capitol Hill on November 21, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate is expected to cast a procedural vote on the measure later today after Senate Democrats said they secured enough votes needed to propel major health care legislation to the floor for debate.
  2. Vice President Joe Biden speaks to fellow Democrats at the Jefferson Jackson Dinner, Saturday Nov. 21, 2009 in Des Moines, Iowa.
  3. HANOVER, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 15: Lower Saxony Governor Christian Wulff of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) holds a speach during Robert Enke's memorial service prior to Enke�s funeral at AWD Arena on November 15, 2009 in Hanover, Germany. Tens of thousands of fans paid their last tribute to Enke, who was also goalie for the German national team, following Enke�s suicide on November 10.
  4. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 13: A visitor sits in a Tesla Roadster electric car at the stand of German utility RWE at the party congress of the German Social Democrats (SPD) on November 13, 2009 in Dresden, Germany. RWE is among several German electricity producers who are actively promoting electic car use.
  5. Former US President Bill Clinton talks with reporters after discussing health care legislation during the Democrats' weekly caucus on November 10, 2009 inside the Capitol in Washington, DC. Clinton paid a rare visit to the US Senate Tuesday to unite Democrats who are divided on President Barack Obama's push for a sweeping overhaul of US health care. Fifteen years after his own dramatic push to remake the US system collapsed after a strong start, Clinton addressed Democrats behind closed doors at their weekly policy luncheon to give Obama's plans a shot in the arm.
  6. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) talks to reporters after a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Captiol November 10, 2009 in Washington, DC. Democrats indentified Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) as the sole Republican holding up the passage of the bill designed to help Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans and family caregivers of the seriously wounded.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: U.S. President Barack Obama arrives to make a statement for the press in Rose Garden of the White House November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. US President Barack Obama spoke about healthcare reform legislation after visiting the Capitol to make a final appeal to House Democrats to vote for a health-care bill. The House will start debates this afternoon on legislation aimed at guaranteeing near-universal access to health care and a vote is scheduled this evening.

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  2. 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.
  3. 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.
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  9. Former President Bill Clinton smiles as he meets old friends in Concord, N.H., Wednesday, Dec. 2,2009. Clinton is in the state to be the keynote speaker at the New Hampshire Democratic Party's annual Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
  10. Leader of Britain's opposition Liberal Democrat Party, Nick Clegg, speaks at the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) conference in London November 23, 2009.
  11. Three Orthodox Jews, from left, Solomon Diamant, Rabbi Yisroel Dovid Weiss and Dovid Feldman, all of Lakewood, N.J., hold a banner outside The New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., as they protest proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  12. A huge crowd gathers outside offices of Garden State Equality, Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., before walking to the New Jersey Statehouse to lobby for passage of a bill legalizing gay marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  13. Steven Goldstein of Garden State Equality walks with supporters Marsha Shapiro, left, and Louise Walpin, right, as they lead a large group into the New Jersey Statehouse Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, in Trenton, N.J., to lobby for proposed legislation legalizing same sex marriage. With a former prosecutor waiting in the wings to take over as New Jersey's first Republican governor in a dozen years, Democrats know time is short to push through a social agenda in the Legislature that includes legalizing gay marriage and the use of marijuana for chronic medical conditions.
  14. Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister Steven Vanackere of the Flemish Christian Democrat party (CD&V) attends an interview after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 22, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  15. Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister Steven Vanackere of the Flemish Christian Democrat party (CD&V) attends an interview after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 22, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.
  16. Belgium's Deputy Prime Minister Steven Vanackere of the Flemish Christian Democrat party (CD&V) leaves after a meeting with former Prime Minister Wilfried Martens in Brussels November 22, 2009. Martens was asked on Friday by King Albert II to lead negotiations aimed at facilitating the replacement of Herman Van Rompuy as Prime Minister. Van Rompuy was elected Thursday EU Council President.

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