House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , talks with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C. , left, after meeting with President Obama and House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. AP Photo logo AP Photo 1 month ago

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. , talks with Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C. , left, after meeting with President Obama and House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.

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  1. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C), flanked by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (L), Bruce Josten (2nd R) executive vice president for Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Charles Grassley ( R-IA) (R), paerticipate in a news conference of the health care bill on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate continues to debate on amendments to the Democrats health care reform bill that is before the US Senate.
  2. U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) (C) waves off reporters after talking with them about healthcare legislation outside of the senate Democrats' weekly policy lunch at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, December 8, 2009.
  3. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) pauses while speaking after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 10: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) joins a news conference about Democratic efforts to pass an omnibus veterans� health bill at the U.S. Capitol 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.

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  1. 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.
  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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius look on as President Barack Obama (C) signs a memorandum during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama announced that nearly $600 million will be spent on the construction community health centers and transfer of medical records into digital form as part of the Recovery Act.
  8. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: (L-R) U.S. Rep. Tom Perriello (D-VA), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-CA), House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC), Sen. Bernard Sanders (I-VT) and Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) look on as President Barack Obama (C) signs a memorandum during an event in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. Obama announced that nearly $600 million will be spent on the construction community health centers and transfer of medical records into digital form as part of the Recovery Act.
  9. U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (C), Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) and Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC) leave after a news conference about the House vote on health care reform on Capitol Hill in Washington November 7, 2009. The U.S. House of Representatives approved a sweeping healthcare reform bill on Saturday, backing the biggest health policy changes in four decades and handing President Barack Obama a crucial victory.
  10. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill.
  11. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill.
  12. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform bill.
  13. A woman waits to meet a job recruiter at the NYCHires Job Fair in New York, December 9, 2009. While the jobless rate has edged down, high unemployment rate remains a political headache for President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats, who are worried they will lose seats in Congress in next Novembers elections without a faster recovery.
  14. Eric Lipps, 52, waits in line to enter the NYCHires Job Fair in New York December 9, 2009. While the jobless rate has edged down, high unemployment rate remains a political headache for President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats, who are worried they will lose seats in Congress in next November's elections if faster recovery is not faster.
  15. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (C), flanked by Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) (L), Bruce Josten (2nd R) executive vice president for Government Affairs at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Sen. Charles Grassley ( R-IA) (R), paerticipate in a news conference of the health care bill on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate continues to debate on amendments to the Democrats health care reform bill that is before the US Senate.
  16. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 09: Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) speaks about the health care bill during a news conference on Capitol Hill on December 9, 2009 in Washington, DC. The Senate continues to debate on amendments to the Democrats health care reform bill that is before the US Senate.

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