FILE – In this March 23, 2010 file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. clutches a pen used by President Barack Obama to sign the health care bill, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Pelosi, chosen after a messy family feud among Democrats to remain as their leader in the new Congress, and President Barack Obama share a keen interest in repairing their injured party after this month’s staggering losses. But Pelosi’s mandate is diverging from the president’s at a critical time, with potentially damaging consequences for Obama’s ability to cut deals with Republicans in the new Congress. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)