Nancy Pelosi Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
Speaker Boehner dodges a second ballot
Earlier this week I talked on the radio about how I had been told by a Republican member to keep a close eye on the vote for Speaker on the first day of the 113th Congress. After it was all over, I was prowling the hallways outside the House Chamber ...
Boehner re-elected speaker of the House
Newly re-elected House Speaker John Boehner yesterday warned his colleagues that the American dream “is in peril’’ as long as the federal government is “weighed down by this anchor’’ of trillions of dollars of debt and projected annual deficits during the next decade. Just moments after 220 House Republicans gave ...
House passes fiscal cliff bill
Following a day of intense drama in Capitol Hill as financial markets warily watched, the U.S. House last night approved of a compromise package that avoids what would have been a punishing combination of tax increases and federal budget cuts.By a vote of 257-167, the House approved the same measure ...
Still no fiscal cliff deal in sight
After a week filled with finger pointing and increasingly caustic verbal exchanges, lawmakers in both parties left Washington, D.C. last night hoping for a breakthrough on the fiscal cliff, but seemingly more and more pessimistic about the negotiations on the tax and budget impasse. "Spending is the problem," said House ...
Democrats celebrate election victories
As a smiling group of newly elected Democrats in the U.S. House gathered for a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, most of them were only going to play the part of a backdrop for top Democrats as they celebrated their gains in last week's elections. That is, ...
New members start Congressional orientation
Dozens of newly elected members of the 113th Congress - plus a few who might be elected, but whose races still aren't fully settled - will take their first official step on Capitol Hill Tuesday, as official Congressional orientation meetings begin, with plenty of election suspense still left in the ...
Washington Bureau coverage
The World Trade Organization last week upheld its decision that Chinese duties applied on high-tech electric steel were illegal. The decision stems from a WTO case filed against China in September 2010, arguing against Chinese assertions that U.S. “Buy America” provisions included in the economic stimulus bill amounted to a ...
Election smack on the House floor
While the Congress is done with legislative business until after the November elections, the House and Senate must still convene for pro forma sessions over the next six weeks - and Democrats took advantage of that on the House floor on Tuesday. The tactic is nothing new from either party, ...
Congress becomes the Campaign Trail
The final hours of Congress before a break for the 2012 elections featured lawmakers in both parties in full campaign mode, as the House and Senate floors turned into a bipartisan prop for election year finger pointing on Thursday with just over six weeks until Election Day. Senate Republicans started ...
Armstrong memorialized in National Cathedral ceremony
In a Gothic cathedral with spires towering towards the heavens, the nation yesterday said goodbye to a man who made history exploring the moon.Neil Armstrong, who died Aug. 25 from complications after a cardiovascular procedure, was remembered in a solemn and sometimes emotional service in Washington National Cathedral, where a ...
First Lady highlights big night in Charlotte
Led by First Lady Michele Obama, Democrats Tuesday night sought to set the record straight about the last four years, proffering an opposite narrative of progress and prosperity from the tale of failure and futility cast by Republicans in Tampa last week. From emotional personal stories about how “Obamacare” had ...
Both sides scuffle over Ryan VP pick
In the wake of Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate for the 2012 elections, there is one basic question to be answered at this point - does it really change anything in this year's race for the White House? While Ryan is well known in ...
Supreme Court Monday
All eyes Monday morning will again be on the U.S. Supreme Court, as this week should bring what some believe may be a landmark decision on the Obama health law as well as a controversial illegal immigration law from Arizona. There are other cases still to be ruled on by ...
California's Top Two
As voters go to the polls Tuesday in California, the usual political landscape is a bit different in the various races for Congress, as a new primary system could mean a different kind of November election in some Golden State congressional districts. In most elections around the country for Congress, ...
Student Loan Interest Rate Vote
The House on Friday will vote on a bill from Republicans that would insure interest rates for student loans don't jump suddenly in July. How we got here is a very interesting peek into the politics of 2012. One week ago, the White House announced that President Obama would go ...
New district’s competitive status argued
WASHINGTON — The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee says Yellow Springs attorney Sharen Neuhardt could win in Ohio’s new 10th District against U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, but a spokesperson for the National Republican Congressional Committee said Democrats are suffering from a “selective memory problem.”The DCCC on Tuesday added the Neuhardt-Turner race ...
Supreme Court Ticket
Christmas came early for this reporter when the email arrived from the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday confirming that I have a seat with my name on it for the three days of arguments on the Obama health reform law. "This note is to confirm a press seat for the ...
Senator from Florida speaks in support of Ohio U.S. Senate hopeful Mandel
FAIRBORN — The Republican Party’s youth movement was on display Monday at Wright State University, as Florida’s Marco Rubio, the second-youngest U.S. senator, campaigned in support of Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, who now is running for Senate at age 34.Rubio, 40, is considered by many to be the front-runner for ...
GOP Payroll Tax Cut Switch
While most people were focusing on the details of President Obama's latest budget plan, House Republican leaders suddenly shifted positions on extending a payroll tax cut, announcing they would push a bill that extends the plan through the end of this year without cuts to pay for it. "This is ...
Romney vs Gingrich
From Easley, South Carolina - While the polls still show Mitt Romney with a strong advantage in South Carolina, the GOP frontrunner altered his usual stump speech to throw some sharp elbows at Newt Gingrich on Wednesday, as backers of the former House Speaker believe he has new momentum in ...
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