2012: The Year in Washington, D.C. (83 images)

Former President George W. Bush and his wife Laura Bush look at their official White House portraits during an unveiling ceremony in the East Room at the White House in Washington on May 31, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

U.S. President Barack Obama speaks with Speaker of the House John Boehner (L) during a meeting with a bipartisan group of congressional leaders in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on November 16, 2012 in Washington, DC. UPI/Olivier Douliery/Pool

Susie Clark, an Anti-health care reform demonstrator, rings a bell in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on June 28, 2012 in Washington, D.C. The court upheld a majority of President Obama's health care reform bill, ruling in a 5-4 decision to keep the individual insurance mandate. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

Protesters gather in front of the U.S. Supreme Court as the court hears its's third day of arguments on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care bill in Washington, D.C. on March 28, 2012. UPI/Kevin Dietsch