dailykos.com - 1/5/2009
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President-elect Barack Obama and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi held a private meeting earlier today to discuss the economic stimulus package that will be the focus of the 111th Congress that begins tomorrow. They did not take questions, but issued the following statements, courtesy of the ...
humanevents.com - 1/5/2009
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humanevents.com —
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House
rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is
unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi s proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought ...
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Pelosi Reverses House Fairness Rules
thehill.com - 1/6/2009
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thehill.com —
House Democrats are poised to approve new rules
that will significantly increase their authority while taking the
bullets out of the few legislative weapons Republicans have in the lower chamber. Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has approved the ...
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Pelosi’s power move leaves House Republicans fuming
washingtonpost.com - 1/1/2009
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washingtonpost.com —
Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or
other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from
the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...
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Obama, Pelosi to Discuss Scope of Economic Package
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... . It looks pretty great, but we are still not at 18 progressive votes in the House, and talks on the stimulus seem pretty well advanced at this point. Still, at least producing these plans, and winning over 100 votes for them, is progress. ...
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