Nancy Pelosi

CLIFF_6698_20121129

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Rep. Joseph Crowley, New York Democrat, confer as they leave a press conference to announce their party's leadership positions for the 113th Congress after a meeting in the Cannon House Office Building in Washington on Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_20121129_015.jpg

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks at a press conference to announce leadership positions for the 113th Congress at the U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Thursday, Nov. 29, 2012. As expected, Mrs. Pelosi will keep her position. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

CLIFF_WEB_20121129_0006

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left) and House Speaker John A. Boehner, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

cliff_6670_20121128

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, center, flanked by Reps. Chris Van Hollen and Steny Hoyer on the left and Vice Chairman of JP Morgan Chase Jimmy Lee on the right, holds a photo opportunity in her office at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012 before a meeting between House Democratic leaders and business leaders from the Campaign to Fix the Debt. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

FISCAL CLIFF_WEB_20121126_0006

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (right), Kentucky Republican, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (left), California Democrat, and House Speaker John A. Boehner, Ohio Republican, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington on Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CLIFF_6360_20121116

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., right, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., left, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, gestures as he speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

CLIFF_6358_20121116

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., second from left, accompanied by, from left, House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., speaks to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Friday, Nov. 16, 2012, following their meeting with President Barack Obama to discuss the economy and the deficit. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

20121116-060304-pic-464790176.jpg

Nancy Pelosi

20121115-211311-pic-786238549.jpg

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, followed by fellow California Democrat Rep. Grace Napolitano, emerges from a closed caucus meeting Wednesday as lawmakers try to avoid a “fiscal cliff.” (Associated Press)

PELOSI_6129_20121114

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), is congratulated by House congresswomen, as she announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_6128_20121114

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), center, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_6127_20121114

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) arrives to a press conference to announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_6126_20121114

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), center, surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_6125_20121114

House congresswomen, including Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-Illinois), right, who lost both her legs and part of one arm while serving in Iraq, stand together as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

PELOSI_6124_20121114

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), surrounded by House congresswomen, announces that she will stay on as House minority leader at the U.S. Capitol Building, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, November 14, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)