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Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, also known as Burma, center, sits between House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), right, during a ceremony to award Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol rotunda, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Chairperson and General Secretary of the National League for Democracy Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar, also known as Burma, second from left, sits between House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), left, and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio), right, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, speaks during a ceremony to award Suu Kyi the Congressional Gold Medal in the Capitol rotunda, Washington, D.C., Wednesday, September 19, 2012. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (center) is awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Sept. 19, 2012, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, look on. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. addresses the Democratic National Convention at the Time Warner Arena in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, September 5, 2012. (Andrew Geraci/ The Washington Times)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, speaks at a breakfast news briefing Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor. (Ann Hermes/The Christian Science Monitor)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California looks over the convention floor during a sound check at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, Sept. 3, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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** FILE ** In this July 26, 2012, file photo, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California meets with reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat, is flanked by House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of Maryland (left) and House Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn of South Carolina after the House voted to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Democrats appeared with supporters of the law who talked about how it has helped them. (Associated Press)

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"No, it's a penalty. It's a penalty that comes under the tax code for the 1 percent perhaps of the population who may decide that they are going to be free-riders." - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi celebrates the Supreme Court's ruling Thursday with her staff on Capitol Hill. Democrats said they can now attempt to correct errors they acknowledge they made when they wrote the bill. (Associated Press)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. relays the breaking news to her staff that the Supreme Court had just upheld the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, June 28, 2012, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, was instrumental in helping to pass health care reform in Congress and was at President Obama's side when he signed it into law. At right, Pelosi gives credit to Wendell Primus, a senior policy adviser. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., smiles as she watches the breaking news from the Supreme Court which upheld the Affordable Care Act, Thursday, June 28, 2012 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi, the former speaker of the House, was instrumental in helping to pass health care reform in Congress and was at President Obama's side when he signed it into law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)