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Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
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Ted Deutch gets plug from national pundit
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsIn his newest column for the political newspaper and website Roll Call, Washington political analyst Stuart Rothenberg identifies two South Florida members of Congress as people to watch as the congressional Democrats move closer to requiring new...Tags: Ted Deutch, James E Clyburn, Steny Hoyer, Washington (U.S. state)
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Obama: Cut family planning from stimulus
Spin CycleYesterday, we noted the absurdity of the House including money for family planning services as part of its stimulus package, and of Nancy Pelosi defending it on Sunday shows. Turns out that Obama feels the same way. Press Secretary Robert......Tags: Barack Obama, Social Issues, Family Planning
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Pelosi: Voting for all, GOP: Not for us
The Swampby Mark Silva To hear House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tell it, she was channeling all of America when she voted for the president's $787-billion economic stimulus bill today. "I could feel it myself, when I turned in my voting card,......Tags: National Government, Government, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Roy Blunt
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House passes stimulus, Senate next
The Swampby Mark Silva With the first approval of a disputed $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama is demanding from Congress in hope of reviving a stalled economy, the House today voted 246-183, divided largely along party lines, for a plan......Tags: Public Finance, Upper House, John Boehner, Harold Rogers, Wages and Pensions
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Congress approves $787-B stimulus
The Swampby Mark Silva A divided Congress has approved a $787-billion stimulus that President Barack Obama demanded as an essential boost for a stalled economy, with the Senate voting 60-38 tonight on a measure that earlier cleared the House by 246-183......Tags: Susan Collins, Economy, Business and Finance, Upper House, Dick Durbin, John McCain
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Pundits vs. people: GOP 'winner-losers'
The Swampby Mark Silva It may come as little surprise to many that Washington-based journalists see things somewhat differently from a lot of other people in America. Jane Hamsher writes at The Huffington Post that there's something of a discrepancy between......Tags: Fox Broadcasting Company, National Government, Government, John Boehner, Democratic Party
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Stimulus: An unusual bill signing?
Spin CycleNational Review Online's Amy Holmes notices something unusual about the signing of the stimulus bill: "Typically, a bill signing takes place in the East Room, or in the Rose Garden if the weather is nice. The president is flanked......Tags: National Government, Government, Barack Obama, Harry Reid, Pennsylvania
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Nancy Pelosi, Afghanistan and the U.S.
The Swamp(House Speaker Nancy Pelosi with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the presidential palace in Kabul. Photo by Zabiullah Tamanna / AP) by Mark Silva and updated House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, arriving in Afghanistan on the heels of the Obama administration's.....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Defense, Dick Cheney, Reconstruction, Barack Obama
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Obama to GOP: Bring ideas, not TNT
The Swampby Frank James Some of President Barack Obama's comments Monday when he met with participants of his fiscal-responsibility task force seemed to be previews of remarks he's likely to make tonight to a nationally televised joint session of Congress on......Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, National Government, Government, Democratic Party, Republican Party
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Obama: Here he comes, here comes the crush
Spin CycleThe new president is doing the slow walk-and-chat, there's the handshake with Engel, for whatever it's worth. He's followed by his former legislative leader Harry 'Voluntary Taxes' Reid, with Nancy Pelosi the House speaker posted up at the podium. Quick.....Tags: Clarence Thomas
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Obama: How the war in Iraq will end
The Swampby Julian E. Barnes President Barack Obama announced today that he will pull the majority of U.S. military forces from Iraq by August 2010, fulfilling his campaign pledge to wind down the Iraq war -- but leaving a substantial residual......Tags: Wars and Interventions, Defense, U.S. Presidential Election (2008), North Carolina, Barack Obama
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Nancy Pelosi: 'Health care a priority'
The Swampby Mark Silva So an interview of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi by MSNBC commentator Rachel Maddow may sound something like an interview of former Vice President Dick Cheney by FOX News' Sean Hannity. Cue the choir. President Barack Obama is......Tags: United States, National Government, Government, Government Health Care, Democratic Party
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