If Republicans are going to target President Barack Obama for not knowing more about the Internal Revenue Service controversy, says House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, consider this: "Well," she told a news conference Thursday, "The president doesn't know about everything...
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) suggested Monday that Democrats use the IRS to overturn Citizens United by passing the DISCLOSE Act or amending the Constitution to restrict political speech. In an appearance on MSNBC, Pelosi...Show More Summary
Congressional Republicans are using their Benghazi investigation to distract from other issues, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Saturday in an MSNBC interview. "The obsession that some of my Republican colleagues...Show More Summary
Never mind that Senate Democrats blocked a resolution calling for hearings on the Kermit Gosnell “House of Horrors” case and abortion, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters this afternoon the case is “really disgusting.” Pelosi was asked if she was familiar with the Gosnell case and if Congress should hold hearings. “I think that [...]
On Wednesday, President Barack Obama will dine with top Democrats like House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-MD). According to the Hill, other attendees will include: Reps. James Clyburn (SC), the assistant...Show More Summary
Much has been written about President Barack Obama's outreach to Senate Republicans. But tonight he will turn his focus to House Democrats. Obama will dine with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Reps. Steny Hoyer, James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, Joe...
Speaking at the Robinson Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi addressed the 2016 buzz surrounding former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Since Clinton is the "most qualified" for the job, Pelosi said she is seeking help from a higher power in hopes that Clinton will run.
"I pray that Hillary Clinton decides to run for president of the United States."-- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.
Mark Sanford debated a cardboard cutout of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). Charleston City Paper: "Acting as a stand-in, Sanford says, for his Democratic opponent Elizabeth Colbert Busch, the former governor peppered posterboard Pelosi with questions ranging from unions, to the stimulus, to the federal budget."
(CNN) – Republican candidates running for office sometimes use Nancy Pelosi's name like a curse word. Perhaps they've seen polling that indicates the House Democratic leader is the best known but least liked congressional leader, as indicated by a new Gallup survey released Wednesday. According to the poll, 48% of Americans have an unfavorable opinion [...]
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has supported same-sex marriage for years, and after Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing, reflected on what it was like to back the idea. "So over the years, one of the questions that I would get asked,...
(CNN) – Republicans who voted to spend millions in taxpayer dollars defending the federal ban on same-sex marriage are "irresponsible," the House Democratic leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi argued Wednesday. Speaking to reporters after attending oral arguments at the Supreme Court on the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act, Pelosi said the decision GOP leaders [...]
A little Masshole self-indulgence, here. Per Janet Wu at Boston’s WCVB (Ch.5), “Pelosi not taking sides in special election“: BOSTON —House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi Thursday sidestepped questions about the special democratic US Senate primary between two of her colleagues. Pelosi was in Boston to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the family medical leave act. [...]
P rominent Democrats—including the President and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi—are openly suggesting that Medicare be means-tested and Social Security payments be reduced by applying a lower adjustment for inflation. This is even...Show More Summary
The NCAA college basketball tournament can be a tough time for Nancy Pelosi. The House Democratic leader explained Thursday "you know I'm a Hoya fan, so I start with Georgetown...because many of my kids went there, including my husband." But...
Speaking like the "everybody gets a trophy" liberal and "I do not want to offend anybody" politician that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has always been, the San Francisco Democrat on Thursday said she did not want "anybody to lose"...Show More Summary
If you're playing in this month's NCAA basketball tournament, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is rooting for you. The California Democrat said on Thursday that while her first allegiance is to Georgetown University, the school her children and husband attended, she wants "everybody" to win. "I have a lot of allegiances to many of those [...]
Despite their pro-abortion views, Vice President Joe Biden and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi both received communion at the mass yesterday to celebrate the inauguration of newly-elected Pope Francis. Biden’s office confirmed to the Washington Times that he had received communion and reporters in the White House presidential reporting pool confirmed in an email to [...]
We recently did an awesome Feministing Five with House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, and this summer I have the privilege of interviewing Leader Pelosi on the big stage at Netroots Nation 2013. In this annual, #AsktheLeader Plenary Session, June 22, 2013, in San Jose, California, I will be able to use questions submitted via social media. [...]
One of the least Catholic and most pro-abortion members of Congress, Democratic Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, has been added to the official U.S. delegation to attend the installation of newly-elected Pope Francis. Pelosi will join pro-abortion Vice President Joe Biden to attend the Inauguration Mass celebrating the Pontificate of His Holiness Pope Francis, which will [...]