110th Congress In Session

House Minority Leader John Boehner, right, hands the gavel to newly elected Speak of the House Nancy Pelosi in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi holds up the gavel in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Newly elected Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi celebrates from the podium as Minority Leader John Boehner looks on in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert watches from the edge of the floor during the roll call vote to elect a new Speaker of the House in the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

The 110th Congress is sworn in at the U.S. Capitol in Washington Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007.

Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administers the Senate oath to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., as her husband, former President Bill Clinton holds the Bible during a re-enactment swearing-in ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill.

Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., right, waves after Vice President Dick Cheney, right, administered the Senate oath to Byrd during a re-enactment swearing-in ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill. Sen. Jay Rockeller, D-W.Va., who held the Bible during the ceremony, is at center.

Incoming Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev., rear, right, and incoming Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., rear, left, talk in the Old Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007 prior to the start of the 110th Congress. Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., is at foreground, left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., is at foreground, right.

Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., the first Muslim elected to Congress, looks at the Koran that once belonged to Thomas Jefferson that Ellison later used during his swearing in ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, in Washington.