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O'Donnell Reminds Congress of Real IRS Scandal Ahead of Hearings

Click here to view this media After House Speaker John Boehner's ridiculous statement that he wants to know "who is going to jail" over the recent scandal at the IRS -- and Nancy Pelosi's statement that we need a "clear definition of...Show More Summary

Nancy Pelosi Says Republicans Harping on Scandals Because Obama is a Great President

Pelosi: GOP using IRS, Benghazi and DOJ issues as ‘evasion’ tactic

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi accused Republicans of using the alleged scandals involving the Internal Revenue Service, Department of Justice and the State Department as an "evasion" from passing bills she said would increase job growth. Over the past few weeks, the IRS admitted to targeting conservative groups applying for non-profit status, and the Department [...]

Pelosi: ‘Evasions’ On Capitol Hill Keeping Congress From Focusing On Jobs

During a news conference on Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said that the House Republicans are more focused on a variety of evasions which are keeping Congress from focusing on the economy and jobs. Flanked by a...Show More Summary

Artist Emily Nemen's depiction of the U.S.

Artist Emily Nemen's depiction of the U.S. Senate's gender imbalance is both a bummer and visually appealing! While you're over at her Tumblr, Women of the 112th, be sure and check out her paintings of Nancy Pelosi, Michele Bachmann and many more. Read more...

Good News from Nancy Pelosi: Obamacare's Looking Pretty Awesome

Nancy Pelosi famously said that Congress had to pass Obamacare to find out what was in it. And what's in it is pure awesome, even if Americans...

'If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weakest speaker in history'

Watching House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) make strange comments this morning about the IRS controversy reminded me of something House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Chris Hayes the other day about the Speaker: "If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weake …

Steny Hoyer Plays Shell Game With Scandals

Our monstrously overgrown federal government produces so many scandals, not even top Democrats like Nancy Pelosi’s right hand flunky can keep them all straight: At Rep. Steny Hoyer’s weekly meeting with reporters on Tuesday, the Maryland...Show More Summary

Pelosi: IRS Scandal 'Opportunity' to Overturn Citizens United

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

Florida GOP tells voters to be scared because Nancy Pelosi, radical Islamists, blah blah blah

Mark Sanford has given the Republican Party of Florida ideas. If Sanford could run against Nancy Pelosi in the special election in South Carolina's First Congressional District and win despite his major personal baggage, maybe running...Show More Summary

Pelosi: If Boehner Were a Woman, He'd Be Called ‘Weakest Speaker in History’

On All In with Chris Hayes last night, Nancy Pelosi hinted that John Boehner was benefitting from a sexist double standard as speaker. “If he were a woman, they would be calling him the weakest speaker in history,” she said, becauseShow More Summary

Nancy Pelosi on John Boehner: If He Were a Woman, They’d Call Him ‘Weakest Speaker in History’

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) ripped into House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) during an appearance on MSNBC, saying “if he were a woman, they’d call him the weakest speaker in history.” She was specifically referencing his inability to get anything done in the Congress. “Well, because they don’t get anything done. Where are the [...]

Pelosi: If John Boehner was a woman, what would they call him?

Nancy Pelosi has a moment of very public telling it like it is: “I will say this about John Boehner, and I have a good relationship with him,” Pelosi, now the House minority leader, said on Monday on MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes.” “If he were a woman, they’d be calling him the weakest speaker in history.” [...]Show More Summary

Pelosi: ‘If Boehner Were a Woman They’d be Calling Him the Weakest Speaker in History’

"If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weakest speaker in history." So said Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) about John Boehner (R-Oh.) on MSNBC's All In Monday. read more -

Nancy Smash! Boehner Owned Edition

I’m trying not to blog for a bit while I get through some of that stuff that they call “work.” But this, via TPM, is both too delicious and too catastrophically on point not to notice.  In an interview with Chris Hayes, Nancy Pelosi assessed the performance of her successor as Speaker, delivering the results [...]

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"If he were a woman, they'd be calling him the weakest speaker in history."-- House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by the Huffington Post, on Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

Pelosi: Obamacare Creates New Cameramen, Writers

Over the weekend, Nancy Pelosi heralded one of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act: a whole new wave of cameramen and writers. With the main elements of the healthcare law set to go into place this year, Pelosi told MSNBC’s Melissa...Show More Summary

Boehner, Pelosi Urge US to Protect Blind Chinese Activist Chen Guangcheng's Family

In a rare bipartisan move, Congressional leaders, including House Speaker John Boehner and Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, have urged the Obama administration to ensure protection of the persecuted family of blind Chinese legal activist Chen Guangcheng who fled to the U.S. last year.

Pelosi: GOP Obsessed with Benghazi

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

Nancy Pelosi Knocks Republican ‘Obsession’ With Benghazi As ‘Political Subterfuge’

On Melissa Harris-Perry’s MSNBC show, Rep. Nancy Pelosi had it in perspective. Pelosi said it’s important to find out what happened in the Sept. 11, 2012, attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya. But the right is taking it too far, she said in an interview with MSNBC’s Melissa Harris-Perry. “The obsession that some [...]