Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) briefs the press after the weekly Senate Democratic Policy Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington D.C. on November 27, 2012. Stocks slumped when Reid said he was frustrated by the lack of progress in talks over the U.S. budget impasse.  (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Congressman Anthony Weiner came under fire from members of both parties for a series of sexual indiscretions. The photo shows him ceremonially sworn into the 112th Congress by Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) back on January 5, 2011, with his wife Huma Abedin.
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) walks by himself toward the Capitol along the House side of the Capitol's East Front on November 2, 2011 in Washington D.C. Later in the month, he would announce that he will not seek reelection in 2012, after 16 terms in office. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) walks by himself along the House side of the Capitol's East Front on November 2, 2011 in Washington D.C. Later in the month, he would announce that he will not seek reelection in 2012, after 16 terms in office. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington DC on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington DC on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D - IL) spoke at a rally held outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.on Thursday, July 28, 2011. The rally to "Save the American Dream" was organized to tell Democrats to stand strong against Republican debt ceiling proposals that cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid while keeping keep tax breaks for millionaires, billionaires and oil companies. Participants included major labor unions such as AFSCME, CWA, AFGE, Teamsters, and various progressive groups such as Move-On, Rebuild the Dream, Jobs with Justice, Gray-Panthers and Code-Pink. (Photo by Jeff Malet)
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