**FILE** President Obama, accompanied by House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., leaves after giving his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington on Jan. 28, 2014. (Associated Press)
"House Republicans have essentially declared legislative business over for the balance of the year because they are too concerned with establishing party unity to worry about the priorities of the American people," said one email from the office of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, California Democrat. (Associated Press)