Nancy Pelosi Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
2014 Senate Democrats firm up health care support
Far from reversing course, Senate Democrats who backed President Barack Obama's health care law and now face re-election in GOP-leaning states are firming up their support for the overhaul even as Republican criticism intensifies. Mark Begich of Alaska, Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Kay Hagan of ...
Mary Wilson sings in ceremony feting Rep. Dingell
A Capitol ceremony honoring Rep. John Dingell for becoming Congress's longest-serving member in history featured the expected, such as praise and jokes from Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker John Boehner. It included the unexpected — a pointed pitch to a roomful of congressional leaders and lawmakers by Cardinal ...
Conn. delegation to speak on Newtown anniversary
Members of Connecticut's congressional delegation are commemorating the upcoming six-month anniversary of the school shooting in Newtown with speeches on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Elizabeth Esty, Rosa DeLauro, John Larson, Joe Courtney and Jim Himes, all Democrats, are scheduled to address their colleagues on Thursday ...
Ex-Calif. Rep. Cunningham finishes prison term
Randy "Duke" Cunningham, whose feats as a Navy flying ace during the Vietnam War catapulted him to a U.S. House career that ended in disgrace when he was convicted of accepting $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors, on Tuesday completed one of the longest prison sentence ever given to ...
Recent editorials published in Nebraska newspapers
McCook Daily Gazette. May 30, 2013. Climbing costs make college savings more important than ever Americans continue to have trillions of dollars in debt, but it might not be where you think it is. The average credit card debt is $15,162_- a staggering amount, when one considers that the average ...
In Chicago, Obama rallies Dems and donors for 2014
Returning to the town that launched his political career, President Barack Obama gave a boost Wednesday to Democrats chasing control of the House, telling donors he's still seeking compromise with Republicans — but if that fails, it's up to Democrats to finish the job. Joined by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, his ...
Obama returns to Chicago to boost Dems in 2014
President Barack Obama is flying home to Chicago to give a boost to Democrats hoping to take back the House in 2014. Obama will headline a fundraiser Wednesday for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee at the home of two longtime supporters. Tickets start at $10,000 per person and go up ...
HOUSE PASSES STUDENT LOAN BILL, SETTING UP SHOWDOWN
c.2013 New York Times News Service WASHINGTON — The House on Thursday passed legislation to head off a doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1, instead tying rates to prevailing market trends and ending federal subsidies. The bill, approved largely along party lines 221-198, kicks off what is ...
Key House chairman slams Senate immigration bill
A key House committee chairman on Wednesday sharply criticized a wide-ranging immigration bill just passed by a Senate committee, underscoring the difficulties ahead as the politically volatile measure moves forward in a divided Congress. Separately, a bipartisan House group that has been working behind the scenes to craft its own ...
Analysis: Recent California newspaper editorials
May 20 U-T San Diego: "State government: Where best practices are shunned" Business gurus come and go, trendy theories have their moment in the sun and then fade, but some management wisdom is eternal. Such as: Establish "best practices" — clear guidelines that discourage inefficiency. Don't give people incentives to ...
Key senator to let Myanmar sanctions bill lapse
Senate GOP leader Mitch McConnell, easing up on his long-held tough stance on Myanmar, said Tuesday he planned to allow key sanctions legislation against the Southeast Asian nation to lapse because of the country's progress toward democracy. McConnell, R-Ky., made the announcement after meeting with Myanmar President Thein Sein, who ...
After a decade, global AIDS program looks ahead
The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads. The dream of future generations freed from the epidemic is running up against an era of economic recovery and harsh budget cuts. The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief grew out of ...
From the Appalachian Trail back to Congress
Once again proving that political obituaries are sometimes written far too early, voters in South Carolina have sent a scandal scarred ex-Governor back to Congress, as Republican Mark Sanford easily won a seat in the U.S. House over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch. While the polls had indicated an edge for ...
Here come the automatic cuts
Seventeen months after approving a debt limit deal which included across the board budget cuts as a last resort for deficit control, Congress adjourned for the weekend without taking any action on the sequester, as $85 billion in budget cuts will start going into effect on Friday night. "Americans know ...
Democrats move on automatic budget cuts
After months of finger pointing over who is to blame for billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts, Democrats in the House and Senate rolled out plans to avert cuts scheduled to hit on March 1, as House Republicans said they would not act on any budget measure until the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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