House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, accompanied by Rep. Nick Rahall II, D-W.Va., and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 22, 2012, to urge the Republican leadership to take up the bipartisan Senate transportation bill. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)