huffingtonpost.com - 3/3/2009
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a message for House Republicans who think they weren't given enough time to debate or amend the stimulus package that moved through Congress over an eight-day period earlier this session: You could have had much less.
"To tell you the truth, I could have fast-tracked ...
thehill.com - 2/26/2009
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thehill.com —
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tossed cold water on
the prospect of reinstating the assault weapons ban, highlighting
Democrats’ reluctance to take on gun issues. Attorney General Eric Holder raised the prospect Wednesday that the administration would ...
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Pelosi tosses cold water on assault-weapon ban
boston.com - 3/2/2009
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boston.com —
WASHINGTON - Top Republicans accused President Obama yesterday
of driving the United States toward socialism, while Democrats
praised his spending plans as an ambitious roadmap to change healthcare, energy, taxes, and more. The rhetoric appeared to ...
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Obama drives US toward socialism, GOP says - The Boston ...
cbsnews.com - 3/7/2009
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cbsnews.com —
After an angry, swearing late night meeting among
top Democrats, Congress voted Friday to give itself another
five days to try to complete a long-overdue omnibus spending bill, Politico reports.
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Reid, Pelosi Swearing Match Over Omnibus
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Pelosi Tells House GOP to Count Their Blessings
Politics Daily —
... Ordinarily, I welcome any sign of fight from the Democrats, but I'm not sure how to feel about Nancy Pelosi's latest hip-check at the GOP. From HuffPo: ...
Pelosi To House GOP: Be Thankful For What You Have
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... at a breakfast gathering Tuesday. Pelosi had been asked about an anonymous White House aide's suggestion that the administration didn't approve of the speed with which the Speaker handled the package. "Let me get this straight," she said. "You're the president of the United States; you have a recovery package that you want done by the president's break; we get that done -- and we 'fast tracked it over the president's objections'? It couldn't be farther from the truth." Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/03/pelosi-to-hous...
The Need for Speed: Obama vs. JFK
Real Clear Politics - TIME.com —
Tuesday at a breakfast with progressive media types, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi scoffed at a report that the White House was uncomfortable with how quickly the stimulus bill made its way through Congress: "Let me get this straight," she said. "You're the president of the United States; you have a recovery package that you want done by the president's break; we get that done -- and we 'fast tracked it over the president's objections'? It couldn't be farther from the truth." Put simply, President Obama is in a hurry. A big hurry. Not only with the way he demanded Congress ...
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thehill.com 3/14/2009 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is denying Republican claims that she is partisan, saying she has been open to GOP ideas. In an interview with Charlie Rose on Friday, Pelosi was asked what is the most unfair and misleading impression of her. ...
Air Pelosi? Uh, not so much...
swampland.blogs.time.com 3/12/2009 — There was much tut-tutting over Judicial Watch's allegation earlier this week that Nancy Pelosi "treats the Air Force like her personal airline." But over at ABC, Jonathan Karl and Luis Martinez actually read this "trove" of documents on what ...
Pelosi & the Pope: Do Not Be Afraid
theanchoressonline.com 2/18/2009 — A couple of emails from Catholics expressing displeasure at the news that Nancy Pelosi is heading to Rome with a contingent of legislators and will take a meeting with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI.
Wrote a former marine who seem pretty angry:
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Were They At The Same Meeting?
corner.nationalreview.com 2/19/2009 — From the office of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi:
It is with great joy that my husband, Paul, and I met with His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, today. In our conversation, I had the opportunity to praise the Church's leadership in fighting ...
Pope Punks Pelosi Pic
theanchoressonline.com 2/19/2009 — In my piece for Pajamas Media , I said that basically, the meeting between The Pope and The Pelosi would produce no fireworks, and that “…the impact of this meeting may not be felt until it has been forgotten.”
Well. Not quite . ...
Pelosi: No February recess without stimulus
thehill.com 1/8/2009 — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said she will keep Congress in session through the Presidents Day recess if an economic stimulus package isn’t completed for President-elect Obama by then. Pelosi’s comments came just minutes before ...
Pelosi Hits Back
rollingstone.com 2/19/2009 — I t may not have the cachet of the Oval Office, but there is no more commanding view in Washington than the one enjoyed by the speaker of the House. The picture windows in Nancy Pelosi's office frame the National Mall, where, only three weeks earlier, ...
Pelosi = Schultz
julescrittenden.com 4/24/2009 — "I know nothink!" Politico re the House Speaker and waterboarding:
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing back on GOP charges that she knew about waterboarding for years and did nothing.
Pelosi says she was briefed by Bush administration officials on ...
"Cramdown" bill vote expected in House on Thursday —
Reuters: Politics 3/3/2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Key U.S. House Democrats have agreed on changes in legislation letting bankruptcy judges reduce mortgage debt, and hope to have a vote on the legislation on Thursday, House Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank said ...
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