U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to the media between House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) (L) and JPMorgan Chase's Vice Chairman Jimmy Lee, during a meeting with business leaders on Capitol Hill in Washington, November 28, 2012. Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers held separate news conferences Wednesday, making their cases on how best to avoid the year-end "fiscal cliff". REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS)