Nancy Pelosi

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House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi of California, speaks at a news conference on the fiscal cliff negotiations on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

** FILE ** House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) holds a news conference about banning high capacity ammunition clips with House Democrats in the House Visitors Center on Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. Rep. McCarthy's husband was killed and her son severely injured in a Long Island Rail Road commuter train shooting spree in 1993. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures as she meets with reporters during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Pelosi questions why the fiscal cliff negotiations are going to the last minute. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 13, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, walks through Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2012, before her news conference. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is framed through the marble statue of Lewis Cass, representing Michigan, by Daniel Chester French, as she speaks during a news conference in Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks to reporters at Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill in Washington on Dec. 7, 2012. (Associated Press)

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“The only obstacle standing in the way of middle-income tax relief are the Republicans’ unwillingness to ask the top 2 percent to pay their fair share,” says Nancy Pelosi. (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California gestures as she speaks to reporters at Statuary Hall on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), second from right, whispers with Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), right, as House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), speaks at a press conference announcing leadership positions for the 113th Congress outside the 113th Congress democratic Caucus Organizational meeting in the cannon office building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, center, departs after meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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U.S. Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, center, departs after meeting with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Thursday, November 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (second from right) whispers to Rep. Chris Van Hollen (right) as Rep. Steny Hoyer, House minority whip, speaks at a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to announce the House Democratic leadership for the 113th Congress. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks at a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012, to announce the party's leadership positions for the 113th Congress. Mrs. Pelosi unanimously was re-elected as Democratic leader. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)