Tag: Nancy Pelosi

Nancy Pelosi Welcomes Paul Ryan Back to Congress

Filed in National by on September 13, 2012 2 Comments

Very clever video and reminds me that I should be paying more attention to Leader Pelosi as this election cycle heats up:

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Why This Tax Cut Deal Sucks

Filed in National by on December 7, 2010 82 Comments

This was the hill to die on. If you have any desire to cut the deficit, you don’t extend these cuts. For months, Obama has fought off attacks from the right, saying that he has exploded the deficit.  Of course, part of this is due to the current economic conditions and much of it has […]

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This Is How Its Done

Filed in National by on November 12, 2010 23 Comments

As anon notes in today’s Open Thread, Nancy Pelosi was on NPR Morning Edition this AM, discussing the path forward.

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The Bill

Filed in National by on March 19, 2010 5 Comments

Yesterday, Nancy Pelosi and the House Dems got the CBO score on healthcare reform back and posted the bill online for 72 hours for review. The Healthcare and Education Affordability Reconciliation Act of 2010 is posted here [PDF]. Speaker Pelosi’s website has some good links to summaries, the CBO scoring and other info on the bill

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It’s Worse Than That, It’s Dead Jim

Filed in National by on January 21, 2010 187 Comments

Well Nancy Pelosi has just come out to say that there aren’t enough votes for the Senate bill in the House.  So the Kill the Bill people have won.  I am sure that Jane Hamsher is sitting on a barstool next to Jim DeMint slapping each other on the back about how much they just […]

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House Health Care Bill Revealed

Filed in National by on October 29, 2009 31 Comments

Nancy Pelosi is holding a press conference to announce the House health care reform bill. The bill is called “The Affordable Health Care For America Act, ” H.R. 3962. Click through for a review of some key provisions.

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Republican Outreach Fail!

Filed in National by on October 7, 2009 2 Comments

The NRCC apparently had a banner day in their communications department yesterday. The NRCC has decided to make Nancy Pelosi their target for the elections and sent out this email: NRCC communications director Ken Spain, quoted in the fundraising email: “”Nancy Pelosi continues to make party politics a higher priority than our national security. Rather […]

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