House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi had a testy exchange with a reporter during her press briefing today when she was asked if her investments with Visa created a conflict of interest given that she made the investments when legislation considered distasteful to credit card companies was under consideration in the House of Representatives.

“I wanted to ask you why you and your husband, back in March of 2008, accepted and participated in a very large IPO deal from Visa at a time [when] there was major legislation affecting the credit card companies making its way through the House?” the reporter asked Pelosi, adding “did you consider that to be a conflict of interest?”