WASHINGTON, DC - Sept. 25: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., with House Ways and Means Chairman Charles B. Rangel, D-N.Y., during a reception at the U.S. Capitol honoring members of the Congressional Black Caucus. In background are: Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo., Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly).