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July 2007
- Sheehan to Pelosi: Impeach or I'll Run
  
  newser | Associated Press | Jul 9, 07 4:46 AM CDT
  
  Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan declared her intention to challenge House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for her congressional seat yesterday unless the top-ranking Democrat draws up articles of impeachment against President Bush. "Democrats and Americans feel betrayed by the Democratic leadership," said Sheehan. "We hired them to bring an end to the war." More »
  
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  George W. Bush • election 2008 • Iraq war • Democrats • House of Representatives • politics • Nancy Pelosi • Iraq pullout • impeachment • government • Bush impeachment • Cindy Sheehan
May 2007
- Dem Congress Still Dishing Out Pork
  
  newser | Washington Post | May 24, 07 4:42 PM CDT
  
  Democrats in Congress pledged to cut the pork out of appropriations bills, but the new majority is already cheating on the diet, reports the Washington Post. Using a technique called "phonemarking," congressmen are contacting federal agencies directly and asking them to fund their pet projects, all while boasting that their bills contain no earmarks. Changes in wording are used to disguise special-interest spendings; More »
  
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  Iraq war • Congress • Republicans • Senate • Nancy Pelosi • Democratic Congress • senator • Senate Democrats • earmarks • pork barrel spending • House Appropriations Committee
- House Breaks Up Iraq War Funding Bill
  
  newser | Politico | May 23, 07 5:59 AM CDT
  
  House Democratic leaders are splitting the new Iraq funding bill into two distinct amendments, the Politco reports. One will be the $103 billion Bush requested for the war in Iraq, which will speak of benchmarks but won't demand a withdrawal date, the other a $17 billion domestic spending package. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Congress • Democrats • Republicans • House of Representatives • Nancy Pelosi • Iraq pullout • Iraq war spending
- Bush Caves On Iraq Benchmarks
  
  newser | MarketWatch | May 10, 07 4:22 PM CDT
  
  In an abrupt about-face, President Bush said today he will negotiate with Congress about including benchmarks for the Iraqi government in war-spending legislation. With discontent mounting on both sides of the aisle, he emerged from a Pentagon briefing on Iraq and Afghanistan and said, "It makes sense to have benchmarks as part of our discussion." More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iraq war • Congress • Nancy Pelosi • war • Iraq war spending • benchmarks • Josh Bolten • funds
- Pelosi Threatens Bush Lawsuit
  
  newser | The Hill | May 9, 07 8:54 AM CDT
  
  Nancy Pelosi says the House could sue President Bush if he tries to circumvent provisions in its new Iraq appropriations bill. Bush has suggested he'll append a signing statement to the bill, a controversial practice that could let him treat parts of the law—like timetables on progress in Iraq—as optional. More »
  
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  Iraq • George W. Bush • lawsuit • House of Representatives • Nancy Pelosi • legislation • Iraq appropriations
- Condi Sits Down With Syria
  
  newser | New York Times | May 4, 07 5:56 AM CDT
  
  Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice conferred with her Syrian counterpart Thursday in an unexpected half hour sit-down that ended a two-year cold-shoulder between the Bush administration and a state it considers a sponsor of terrorism. Rice asked asked Sryia's help in restricting the flow of foreign fighters across the Syrian border into Iraq. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iran • Bush administration • Condoleezza Rice • Middle East • Syria • Nancy Pelosi • US foreign policy • Iraq conference
- Dems, President Get Serious On Iraq Compromise
  
  newser | Politico | May 2, 07 7:25 AM CDT
  
  After a day of partisan theatrics—what the Politico notes may rank as the Capitol's most celebrated sendoff for a doomed bill—work gets serious on a compromise war spending bill that may include benchmarks but no timelines. Bush meets with congressional leaders to begin formal negotiations today, even as the House makes a futile effort to override yesterday's veto. More »
  
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  Iraq • Iraq war • Congress • Democrats • Republicans • Senate • Nancy Pelosi • Senate Democrats • Trent Lott
April 2007
- Immigration Reform Back On Bush Agenda
  
  newser | Washington Post | Apr 9, 07 1:00 PM CDT
  
  President Bush is making another run at immigration reform, armed with the hope that the Democratic Congress will be more receptive than his own party was last year. In Arizona today Bush will reintroduce a package that sounds suspiciously like his earlier attempt: increased border security, better enforcement of immigration laws in the interior, and the politically sticky guest worker program. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Congress • Bush administration • Democrats • immigration • Nancy Pelosi • Arizona • illegal immigrant • reform • border control
- Pelosi Is Doing Bush's Job
  
  newser | Huffington Post | Apr 6, 07 9:01 PM CDT
  
  Taylor Marsh defends Pelosi's visit to Syria on the grounds that if Bush won't talk to Assad someone has to. It turns out that all Syria wants is some R-E-S-P-E-C-T. And Marsh makes the case that this is a good thing for America to be doing. More »
  
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  Congress • Bush administration • Syria • Nancy Pelosi
- Pelosi Is a Felon
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Apr 6, 07 9:00 PM CDT
  
  Mr. Turner, a lawyer and forme assistant secretary of state in the Reagan administration says Speaker Pelosi is a felon under a 1799 law known as the Logan Act. Citing Marbury v Madison, perhaps the most cited legal case in American legal history, he says that Pelosi breached the separation of powers demanded by the constitution. More »
  
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  Nancy Pelosi • law • constitution • felony
- Israel Begs to Differ With Pelosi Statement
  
  newser | Jerusalem Post (Israel) | Apr 5, 07 10:46 AM CDT
  
  The Israeli PM is backing off from Nancy Pelosi's suggestion yesterday that an Israeli-Syrian summit is in the offing. Pelosi told reporters that she had conveyed to Syria's Bashar al-Assad a message that Ehud Olmert was "ready to engage in peace talks." Olmert's office quickly responded that it hadn't communicated any change in its Syria policy to the house speaker. More »
  
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  Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • Syria • Nancy Pelosi • Bashar al Assad
- Wooing Syria Is Tougher Than Pelosi Thinks
  
  newser | Wall Street Journal | Apr 4, 07 1:45 PM CDT
  
  The Wall Street Journal puts Nancy Pelosi's high profile visit to Damascus in perspective in a piece outlining the vexing complexity of relations between Syria and the U.S. A number of Pentagon and State Dept. counterterrorism officials support the congressional effort to moderate the President's hard line on Syria, in order to break its alliance with Iran. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Iran • Syria • Nancy Pelosi • Bashar al Assad
- Pelosi Says Syria Is Ready for Peace Talks
  
  newser | BBC | Apr 4, 07 10:14 AM CDT
  
  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says Syria is ready to resume peace talks with Israel, based on her meeting with President Bashar al-Assad, the BBC reports. Flying in the face of Bush's Syrian boycott, Pelosi and a congressional delegation are in Damascus meeting with top leaders. Bush said the visit undermined US foreign policy. More »
  
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  George W. Bush • Israel • Ehud Olmert • Syria • Nancy Pelosi • Bashar al Assad

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