Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, walks out of a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec....
Senator Charles Schumer, a Democrat from New York, talks on the phone outside a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,...
Secret service agents and police officers stand outside a Democratic caucus meeting room with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the U.S. Capitol in...
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media following a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media following a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media following a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...
Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the media following a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...
Vice President Joe Biden arrives to a Democratic caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Biden...
Vice President Joe Biden arrives to a Democratic caucus meeting with Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, left, at the U.S. Capitol in...
Reporters wait for Senators to walk through a corridor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. Vice President Joe...
Vice President Joe Biden arrives to a Democratic caucus meeting with Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, left, at the U.S. Capitol in...
Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Republican from Texas, speaks after a meeting of Republican senators at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona, Scott Brown of Massachusetts, and Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire leave a meeting of Republican senators at...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, from Kentucky, left, talks to Senator Tom Coburn, from Oklahoma, during a meeting of Republican senators at...
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't plan any votes on the federal...
The U.S. Capitol is seen reflected in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't plan any votes on...
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't plan any votes on the federal...
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't plan any votes on the federal...
The U.S. Capitol stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. The U.S. House of Representatives doesn't plan any votes on the federal...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, right, walks to the floor of the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.,...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, walks to the floor of the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, a Republican from Arizona, takes an order of soup from the basement Senate Carry Out at the U.S. Capitol in Washington,...
Senator Tom Coburn, a Republican from Oklahoma, walks to the floor of the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S. On on Monday, Dec. 31,...
Former presidential candidate and senator Rick Santorum, a Republican from Pennsylvania, leads a tour of the U.S. Capitol outside the Senate chambers...
Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican from Utah, walks outside Senate chambers at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012....
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama smiles while speaking in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
President Barack Obama gestures after speaking in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in...
President Barack Obama arrives to speak in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington,...
President Barack Obama speaks in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Building next to the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S.,...
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia, center, arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31,...
House Speaker John Boehner, a Republican from Ohio, left, arrives at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S....
Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, left, walks into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers...
Senator Harry Reid, a Democrat from Nevada, center,, walks into the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, arrives to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012....
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, arrives to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012....
Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...
Cyclist rides toward the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...
Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...
Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...
Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...
Dawn breaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012. U.S. Lawmakers hurtled toward a midnight deadline to avert...