Nancy Pelosi Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
Rep. Pelosi Investment
Is there a major news organization investigating the financial investments of House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and House Speaker John Boehner? It sure seemed that way at Thursday's regular news briefings by party leaders on Capitol Hill. I was working on other stories at the time, but the questions - ...
Super Committee Kabuki
With less than four weeks until the special House-Senate deficit "Super Committee" must produce some kind of budget deficit deal, the countdown clock has truly started on Capitol Hill, as both sides spent the last two days starting their political maneuvers. Democrats went first, leaking out their own $3 trillion ...
Disaster Aid Battle
With the help of ten Republican Senators, Democrats last night muscled a measure through the Senate that would add almost $7 billion in disaster relief money to FEMA, setting up a battle next week with the House. "I hope colleagues in the House will take up our bipartisan disaster relief ...
Deficit Panel Set
The twelve members of the special deficit committee have now all been named, as House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi announced her choices Thursday afternoon to the Joint House Senate panel. Pelosi picked three rather familiar faces, as she tapped Rep. Jim Clyburn of South Carolina, a member of the Democratic ...
Republican Deficit Panel Picks
Republicans in the Congress filled out their brackets today by naming the six lawmakers who will be on the special House-Senate Committee on the deficit. The choices from the Senate were Sen. John Kyl of Arizona, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio and Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania. The House GOP ...
No More House Pages
On a day when the big news was the large drop in the stock markets, U.S. House leaders announced a historic change, as Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shocked Capitol Hill by revealing their plans to end the House Page program at the end of this month. ...
US House Page Program to End
Speaker Boehner and House Democratic Leader Pelosi today sent a letter to their colleagues, advising them of the decision to end the House Page program, which has brought in hundreds of youngsters from around the nation for almost 200 years. Here is the copy of the letter sent to fellow ...
Waiting On A Debt Deal
While Republicans and Democrats say there is agreement on an outline for a debt limit deal, the fine print is still being worked out, making it a waiting game on this Sunday for lamwakers in both the House and Senate. "It feels like they're going to finish the deal today; ...
Debt Limit Showdown
The early hours of work from the U.S. Congress on this Saturday featured more finger pointing and blame game from Democrats and Republicans, even as leaders of both parties repeated their optimism that there would be a debt deal before a Tuesday deadline. "Our country is not going to default," ...
GOP Moment of Truth
Under a veto threat, and with some Tea Party Republicans rebelling against their party leadership, House Speaker John Boehner hopes to squeeze out victory today on a revised budget and debt limit bill, with just five days until an Obama Administration deadline for action. The new GOP plan would cut ...
Obama on Debt Limit
President Obama made yet another appearance in the White House Briefing Room today, again arguing the case for a larger "grand bargain" type of budget and debt limit deal with members of Congress. Mr. Obama says he hopes to "talk turkey" with key lawmakers again, with negotiations possible as early ...
Debt Limit Stalemate
There seemed to be no forward progress on the debt limit today in Washington, D.C., as leaders of both parties substituted news conferences for negotiations, with each side blaming the other for not making tough choices about the budget. "We have a chance to stabilize America’s finances for a decade, ...
More Bully Pulpit
For the second time this week and the third time in 17 days, President Obama will hold a news conference at the White House, ready again to make his arguments for a comprehensive deal on both the budget and debt limit. "I've said to the members of Congress, don't play ...
Path To A Debt Limit Deal
While a lot of rhetorical barbs are still being tossed around Washington, D.C., suddenly the way seems clear for a modified plan from the Republican Leader of the Senate, which may lead to an increase in the the debt ceiling and lay the groundwork for sizeable budget cuts. While the ...
Debt Limit Update
A day after a testy end to debt limit talks at the White House, both parties again seemed more than ready for a fight, with sharp rhetorical jabs in both the House and Senate. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration said no more time would be given for negotiations. That message came ...
Debt Limit Limbo
There is a certain rhythm to the way things get done on Capitol Hill - and to the way things don't get done. And right now in the halls of Congress, there is almost no momentum when it comes to a deal on the budget and debt limit. Since last ...
The Left Grumbles on Afghanistan
Already frustrated with President Obama on a variety of fronts, many Democrats in Congress could barely contain their contempt last night for new troop withdrawal plans in Afghanistan, arguing now is the time for a total pullout of U.S. military assets. "We need to do much, much more," said Rep. ...
Health Waivers Change
The Obama Administration has unveiled dozens of new waivers to one provision of the Obama health law, but at the same, the feds have also finally detailed those waiver applications which were denied. There were only 62 waivers included in the latest batch from the Obama Administration, raising the overall ...
Weiner To Resign
Democrats will get to breathe a sigh of relief today, as Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) is finally ready to give up his seat in the U.S. House, in the wake of his internet sexting scandal with a variety of women. Weiner reportedly told Democratic leaders last night of his decision ...
Weiner's Leave Of Absence
If all goes as planned, there will be a quick announcement at some point in today's House session which will give Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-NY) some time to get help for his sexual internet activities, while at the same time avoiding calls to resign from the Congress. At the end ...
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