UNODC, for its part, is one of the most opaque and closed agencies at the UN.
The first order of business for Democrats is to pass legislation reopening those closed agencies.
Pelosi, who is expected to return to the House speakership Thursday afternoon after eight years as minority leader, intends as her first action to pass spending bills that won Republican support last year to reopen the closed agencies.
The Office of Thrift Supervision, a soon-to-be-closed agency that was supposed to regulate A.I.G., was so outmatched that its former director, John M. Reich, compared it to "a gnat on an elephant".
"The EPA is one of the most closed, opaque agencies to the press.
Democrats quickly passed legislation to reopen the closed government agencies after taking back control of the House on Thursday.
Since the shutdown began 18 days ago, House Democrats have passed two spending bills that would have pumped money back into closed federal agencies and put nearly 80,000 federal employees back to work.
But in his decision, Judge Lodge said, "Once something of this magnitude is set in motion, momentum is irresistible, options are closed and agency commitments, if not set in concrete, will be the subject of litigation for years to come".
Strand Street, one of the main streets in the centre of Sandwich, remains closed where Environment Agency staff set up a temporary barrier.
In Dhading district, 80km west of Kathmandu, people were camped in the open, the hospital was overflowing, the power was off and shops were closed, Reuters news agency reported.
In Dhading district, 80km (50 miles) west of Kathmandu, people were camped in the open, the hospital was overflowing, the power was off and shops were closed, Reuters news agency reported.
