U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media prior to a meeting with bipartisan Congressional leaders regarding the economy in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington on January 23, 2009. From left are House Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-SC, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-OH, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, Obama, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-NV. (UPI Photo/Mark Wilson/POOL)