US Speaker of the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks to a news conference flanked by (L-R) House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD), House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC), Democratic Caucus Chairman Rahm Emanuel (D-IL), House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank (D-MA) and Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) after the compromise financial bailout bill failed to pass during a vote of the House of Representatives on Capitol Hill in Washington, September 29, 2008. [Agencies]