Democrat Senators (L-R) Carl Levin (D-MI), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Charles Schumer (D-NY), Harry Reid (D-NV), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Patty Murray (D-WA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) gather for a press conference in the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in Washington on January 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Alexis C. Glenn)