WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate leadership is working to hold a vote this weekend to try to open debate on its version of health care reform legislation. Getty Images logo Getty Images 2 months ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 20: (L-R) Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) hold a news conference about health care at the U.S. Captiol November 20, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate leadership is working to hold a vote this weekend to try to open debate on its version of health care reform legislation.

More Photos of

Explore Photos of Related Topics

  1. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walk past the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, following their meeting with President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  2. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., walk past the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, following their meeting with President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  3. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, looks on as House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  4. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speaks to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 20100, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  5. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  6. House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, left, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., speak to members of the media outside the West Wing of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, after a meeting between President Barack Obama and bipartisan leaders of the House and Senate to discuss the economy and jobs.
  7. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to the media about the election of Republican Scott Brown to the U.S. Senate from Massachusetts after a special election on Capitol Hill in Washington January 20, 2010. Reid yielded to calls from members of both parties on Thursday and said the Senate would take no additional action on sweeping healthcare legislation until Republican Senator-elect Brown is seated. With him are Patty Murray (L) (D-WA), Charles Schumer (2nd L) (D-NY) and Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (R) (D-IL).
  8. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, meets with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
  9. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, meets with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
  10. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin of Ill., right, greets Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010.
  11. U.S. Senator Richard Durbin (D-IL) walks upstairs after the U.S. Senate approved President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 24, 2009. By a 60-39 vote, Senators backed sweeping changes in the medical insurance market and new coverage for tens of millions of uninsured Americans.
  12. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 24: Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) (R) speaks as (L-R), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Max Baucus (D-MT) look on, after the US Senate passed the national health care legislation bill by a 60-39 margin on Capitol Hill, on December 24, 2009 in Washington, DC. The bill, adopted by 60 votes to 39, aims to cover some 31m uninsured Americans.
  13. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 18: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senate Democratics said they would like to see a health care reform bill pass in the Senate before Christmas despite efforts from Senate Republican who said they will do everything they can to delay passage of any health care legislation.
  14. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 18: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senate Democratics said they would like to see a health care reform bill pass in the Senate before Christmas despite efforts from Senate Republican who said they will do everything they can to delay passage of any health care legislation.
  15. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 18: Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI) (L) and Sen. Mark Begich (D-AK) participate in a news conference on health care on Capitol Hill on December 18, 2009 in Washington, DC. Senate Democratics said they would like to see a health care reform bill pass in the Senate before Christmas despite efforts from Senate Republican who said they will do everything they can to delay passage of any health care legislation.
  16. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., speaks as they listen to testimony by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, Commander of the International Security Assistance Force and Commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, and U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Karl W. Eikenberry, during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009. Left to right are Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Sen. Carl Levin, D-Mich., McCain and Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala.

Recent Photos From The Wire

  1. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero speaks during a plenary session at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010. This was Zapatero's first appearance in the Parliament after Spain's recession-plagued economy contracted 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter. It was the sixth straight quarter of GDP contraction and refuted government assertions that the country might climb out of technical recession at the end of 2009, as other major European economies have.
  2. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, left, Spain's first deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa Fernandez de la Vega, center, and Spain's Finance Minister Elena Salgado, right, are seen during a plenary session at the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Wednesday Feb. 10, 2010. This was Zapatero's first appearance in the Parliament after Spain's recession-plagued economy contracted 0.1 percent in the fourth quarter. It was the sixth straight quarter of GDP contraction and refuted government assertions that the country might climb out of technical recession at the end of 2009, as other major European economies have.
  3. France's rugby coach Marc Lievremont (C), with his assistant coaches Emile Ntamack (L) and Didier Retiere, attend a news conference at Rugby Union National Centre in Marcoussis, south of Paris, February 10, 2010. France will face Ireland in the Six Nations championship match on February 13, 2010 at Stade de France.
  4. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Virgin and B&Q bosses Sir Richard Branson and Euan Sutherland help insulate a loft as part of The Prince Of Wales' New Start Initiative on February 10, 2010 in London, England. The New Start Initiative is a new project to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives.
  5. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: David Hussey of the Bushrangers plays a shot during the Ford Ranger Cup match between the Victorian Bushrangers and the New South Wales Blues at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 10, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  6. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Virgin and B&Q bosses Sir Richard Branson and Euan Sutherland help insulate a loft as part of The Prince Of Wales' New Start Initiative on February 10, 2010 in London, England. The New Start Initiative is a new project to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives.
  7. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Aaron Finch of the Bushrangers plays a shot during the Ford Ranger Cup match between the Victorian Bushrangers and the New South Wales Blues at Melbourne Cricket Ground on February 10, 2010 in Melbourne, Australia.
  8. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson help insulate a loft as part of The Prince Of Wales' New Start Initiative on February 10, 2010 in London, England. The New Start Initiative is a new project to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives.
  9. France's rugby coach Marc Lievremont attends a news conference at Rugby Union National Centre in Marcoussis, south of Paris February 10, 2010. France will face Ireland in the Six Nations championship match on February 13, 2010 at Stade de France.
  10. Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange February 10, 2010.
  11. France's rugby coach Marc Lievremont attends a news conference at the Rugby Union National Centre in Marcoussis, south of Paris, February 10, 2010. France will face Ireland in the Six Nations championship match on February 13, 2010 at the Stade de France.
  12. LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: B&Q boss Euan Sutherland help insulate a loft as part of The Prince Of Wales' New Start Initiative on February 10, 2010 in London, England. The New Start Initiative is a new project to help people across the UK lead more sustainable lives.
  13. Activists of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party listen to a speaker at a rally against price rise in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Caricatures in the background are, from left, Indian Congress Party president Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar.
  14. Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka react as police fire tear gas shells during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
  15. Protesters supporting defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka shout slogans against government as they march in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.
  16. Sri Lankan police officers try to stop pro government protesters from attacking supporters of defeated presidential candidate Gen. Sarath Fonseka during a street clash in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010. Government supporters hurled stones at opposition activists protesting the arrest of their defeated presidential candidate in Sri Lanka's capital Wednesday, in scattered street battles that prompted volleys of tear gas from police.