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  • April 2008

    • China Skewers House Speaker

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Apr 13, 08 5:50 AM CDT

      China Skewers House Speaker

      Chinese state-sponsored media today blasted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her stance supporting Tibet.  Belligerent  editorials from the official Xinhua news agency ripped Pelosi as "the most disgusting person" and a "protector of mobsters, arsonists and murderers." Pelosi has urged President Bush to boycott the opening ceremony of the upcoming Olympic games to protest China's human rights abuses. More »

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      China  • 2008 Beijing Olympics  • Tibet  • Nancy Pelosi  • Dalai Lama  • Tibetan independence  • Tibetans in exile  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

  • March 2008

    • Pelosi Hails Dalai Lama in India

      newser  |  AFP  |  Mar 21, 08 5:04 AM CDT

      Pelosi Hails Dalai Lama in India

      Nancy Pelosi visited the Dalai Lama today in the seat of the Tibetan government-in-exile, where the speaker of the House blasted Chinese "oppression" and expressed her support for the Tibetan people. "The situation in Tibet is a challenge to the conscience of the world,” Pelosi said to an audience of thousands of Tibetan exiles in Dharamsala, India, reports AFP. More »

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      Tibet  • Nancy Pelosi  • Dalai Lama  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  • Dharamsala

  • January 2008
  • December 2007

    • Dems Relent on Spending Bill

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Dec 13, 07 12:07 AM CST

      Dems Relent on Spending Bill

      House Democratic leaders surrendered to pressure from the White House on a wide-ranging domestic spending bill yesterday, dropping demands for $22 billion in additional funding, the Washington Post reports. That still may not be enough for Republicans, who are talking about a possible veto because the bill—$936.5 billion when defense spending is counted—remains $3.7 billion over the president's spending limit. More »

  • November 2007

    • House OKs Trade Deal With Peru

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Nov 8, 07 4:27 PM CST

      House OKs Trade Deal With Peru

      Despite sharp criticism from labor leaders, environmentalists, and free-trade opponents, roughly half of House Democrats joined nearly all Republicans to pass a trade-liberalization agreement with Peru. Speaker Nancy Pelosi came out in favor of the deal, defying expectations that President Bush would find no friends for his trade policy in the current Congress, the New York Times reports. The Senate is expected to pass it, too. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Peru  • congressional Democrats  • free trade  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  • Globalization

  • October 2007

    • Kids' Health Insurance Bill Stalls Again

      newser  |  Washington Post  |  Oct 26, 07 3:23 AM CDT

      Kids' Health Insurance Bill Stalls Again

      House Democrats' plans to expand a children's health insurance program hit a brick wall again yesterday when they failed to attract the Republican votes necessary to override a presidential veto, reports the Washington Post . The final vote on a reworked $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program was 265-142, more than a dozen votes short of the two-thirds majority needed to defeat a veto. More »

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      George W. Bush  • children  • SCHIP  • House Speaker Nancy Pelosi  • State Children's Health Insurance Program

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