House Speaker Pelosi Gets Second Shot at Pushing Her Agenda

Political analysts say they expect House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to find more legislative success with an expanded Democratic majority at her back and a Democratic president in the White House but she could be foiled by the economy.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., center, flanked by House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., left, and House Minority Leader John Boehner of Ohio, speak with President Bush by telephone in the Speaker's Office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009, as the first day of the 111th Congress began. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke