WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes questions from reporters during 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. Getty Images logo Getty Images 4 weeks ago

WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 05: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) takes questions from reporters during 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.

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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. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  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. White House Social Secretary Desiree Rogers walks at the White House in Washington December 4, 2009. Representative Loretta Sanchez (D-CA) told NBC's "Today" show on Friday she believes Congress has a right to hear Rogers explain how uninvited couple, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, managed to gatecrash U.S. President Barack Obama's debut state dinner last week.
  14. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Afghan National Police District Chief of Police Zahir Dad speaks with 2nd Lt. Josh Taylor of Nixa, MO (L) and SGT Michael Phillips (C) Hemet, CA from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment prior to joint patrol on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  15. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Sgt. Michael Phillips of Hemet, CA from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment rides in a MRAP following a joint patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.
  16. SAR HAWZA, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 04: Sgt. Jonathan Rice (L) of Port Orange, FL and Sgt. Michael Phillips of Hemet, CA from the Army's Blackfoot Company 1st Battalion 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment keep watch during a joint Patrol with the Afghan National Police (ANP) on December 4, 2009 in Sar Hawza, Afghanistan. Soldiers from the U.S Army have been training and are patrolling with the ANP in order to help them become self sufficient in the region.

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