Nancy Pelosi Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
House Delays Tax Cut Vote
Deciding against votes after midnight, House Republicans last night delayed action on an extension of a payroll tax cut, as GOP leaders set up a parliamentary situation that does not include a direct vote on a two month extension approved on Saturday by the Senate. "We disagree with what the ...
Newt Stays Positive
FROM FORT DODGE, IOWA - In the face of negative ads and attacks from his closest pursuers, Newt Gingrich is adopting a strategy of staying positive, as he refuses to be drawn into a classic tit-for-tat battle of negative advertising. "I know there's a ton of negative ads," Gingrich told ...
Legislative Gordian Knot
Republicans turned the screws on their own lawmakers in the House on Tuesday, muscling their version of a payroll tax cut extension bill through the House, sending it on to Democrats in the Senate who immediately declared it Dead on Arrival. "The bill just passed tonight by the House of ...
Four Weeks to Iowa
Four weeks from today, the voters in the Hawkeye State will caucus and cast the first meaningful votes in the 2012 Presidential Election; but if you look at the schedule of the GOP candidates, it's hard to figure out that's the case. Instead of campaign itinerary that feature nothing but ...
Congressional Insider Trading
A few weeks after a report by “60 Minutes” on stock trades by members of Congress, a U.S. Senate Committee holds a hearing today on a bill that would attempt to prevent lawmakers from making stock trades based on information not available to the general public. At issue is the ...
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 ...
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