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Reid, Pelosi
Talk Tough to
Superdelegates

Dem leaders want endorsements well before Aug. convention

Apr 25, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, and Howard Dean plan to coordinate demands that uncommitted Democratic superdelegates endorse a candidate—and well before August's convention. Senate Majority Leader Reid said yesterday that “this matter will be over no later than July 1,” Congressional Quarterly reports. House Speaker Pelosi added that... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Harry Reid • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • superdelegates

Bush Derides Pelosi's 'False Populism' in Trade Impasse

Speaker holding Colombia deal hostage, president charges

Apr 22, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Saying the House's top Democrat has been swayed by "voices of false populism," President Bush today ripped Nancy Pelosi for blocking a trade accord with Colombia, the New York Times reports. "it’s bad for our hemisphere to have the United States of America turn its back... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • George W. Bush • Colombia Free Trade Pact

 China Skewers House Speaker 

Media rips Pelosi, touts Olympics as triumph of 'good over evil'

Apr 13, 08 5:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Pelosi, Dems Hijack Colombia Free-Trade Deal

They change House rules to avoid a vote, angering Bush

Apr 9, 08 6:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congressional Democrats thumbed their noses today at Bush's renewed efforts to pass a free-trade pact with Colombia. Bush sent the bill over Monday, mandating Congress to vote yea or nay within 90 days. Or so he thought. Nancy Pelosi is changing the House rules and won't allow a vote until... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Latin America • White House • Colombia • recession • US economy • domestic policy • congressional Democrats • free trade • free trade agreements • George W. Bush • Colombia Free Trade Pact

 Clinton to Bush: Skip Olympics 

Candidate cites Darfur and Tibet as reasons not to go

Apr 7, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton urged President Bush today to skip the Beijing Olympics over China's role in the Darfur genocide and violence in Tibet, Politico reports. She joined ranks with Nancy Pelosi in calling for Bush to protest Beijing's human rights record "absent major changes by the Chinese government," Clinton... More »

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China • Nancy Pelosi • Hillary Clinton • Darfur • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • human rights abuse • George W. Bush • Olympic boycotts

Don't Ask,
Don't Tell,
Don't Fly?

Pentagon-Congress flap spotlights tension over gay rights

Apr 1, 08 1:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi acted to have a gay Congresswoman's domestic partner included on a military flight to Europe, and the question of government acknowledgment of same-sex partners continues to reverberate, the Politico reports. Tammy Baldwin’s partner took the March fact-finding trip, but Pelosi and Robert Gates are at odds over... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • military • gay marriage • Robert Gates • Barney Frank • Tammy Baldwin • domestic partnership • Lauren Azar

House Speaker Calls on Bush
to Snub Olympic Ceremonies

Pelosi urges move to protest 'oppression'

Apr 1, 08 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - House speaker Nancy Pelosi calls on President Bush to consider skipping the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics in an interview airing today, ABC reports. Pelosi, a fierce critic of China's human rights record, isn't suggesting an American boycott of the games themselves, but. she says that it was a... More »

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China • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • Tibet • Dalai Lama • boycott • George W. Bush


 Gore Launches
 $300M Climate
 Campaign 

Celebrity 'odd couples' come together to raise global warming awareness

Mar 31, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Al Gore is putting his money where his Inconvenient Truth is and pairing celebrity odd couples to push his global warming message in a $300-million ad campaign that launches Wednesday, reports CBS. "Nancy Pelosi and Newt Gingrich, two people who don't agree on very much at all," Gore... More »

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climate change • Nancy Pelosi • Newt Gingrich • Al Gore • global warming • Al Sharpton • Pat Robertson • An Inconvenient Truth • advertising campaign

'Ugly, Divided' Party Will Lose, Dean Warns

Dems keep clashing over fallout from primary battle

Mar 29, 08 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats continue to clash over the effects of a long and bitter primary race, the New York Times reports. "If we have an ugly, divided convention, we will lose" the November election, said Howard Dean, who has called on superdelegates to decide by July. But Hillary-backer Gov. Tom... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Democratic National Convention • Howard Dean • Patrick Leahy • Democratic Party • superdelegates

China Slams Pelosi's Support for Tibet

House Speaker guilty
of 'double standards,' state says

Mar 23, 08 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - China’s government hammered House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today over her meeting with the Dalai Lama and subsequent condemnation of China's "oppression" of Tibetan protests that turned to riots, the AP reports. Xinhua, China’s state news agency, said “human rights police” like Pelosi employed “double standards”... More »

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China • Nancy Pelosi • human rights • 2008 Beijing Olympics • protests • Tibet • Dalai Lama • riots • Xinhua

 Pelosi Hails
 Dalai Lama
 in India 

Speaker calls Chinese crackdown 'a disgrace'

Mar 21, 08 5:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Tibet • Dalai Lama • Dharamsala

 Clinton Must Catch Perfect 
 Wave, Aides Say  

Path to nomination needs big win in Pa., popular-vote majority, Obama rough patch

Mar 20, 08 11:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton’s aides say their candidate’s chances of winning the Democratic nomination grow ever slimmer, the New York Times reports, and she will need victories in Pennsylvania and the national popular vote—as well as a confidence-shaking event in Barack Obama's camp—to succeed. She can't likely overtake... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Al Gore • Michigan primary • Jeremiah Wright • Florida primary

Superdelegates Should Follow Voters: Pelosi

Speaker agrees with Obama as hopeful gains 14 delegates

Mar 16, 08 7:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi boosted Barack Obama today by saying superdelegates should vote with the people, Politico reports. “If the votes of the superdelegates overturn what happened in the elections, it would be harmful to the Democratic Party,” the House speaker said on ABC’s "This Week". Ex-lawmaker Bill... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa caucus • delegates • California primary • superdelegates • Election 2008 • delegate count • Leon Panetta

Gov't Will Do 'What It Takes' for Economy: Paulson

Treasury secretary backs Reserve's move to uphold Bear Stearns

Mar 16, 08 4:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson vowed today to do “what it takes” to uphold a weak economy, the AP reports. “No one is debating the fact that this economy has slowed way down,” he said on the Sunday show circuit. "We feel it, we know it, the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Charles Schumer • Henry Paulson • Bear Stearns • recession • economy • George W. Bush

House Passes Mental Health 'Parity' Bill 

Requires comparable insurance coverage for illnesses of body, mind

Mar 6, 08 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - The House has passed a bill requiring most group health insurers to provide comparable coverage for treatment of mental illness and addiction as they do for physical illness, the New York Times reports. "Illness of the brain must be treated just like illness anywhere else in the body,"... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health insurance • Senate • mental health • House of Representatives • mental illness • addiction

Mukasey Nixes Bush Aides Contempt Case

AG rejects House request, saying no crime was committed

Mar 1, 08 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A  showdown over executive privilege got more likely yesterday when Attorney General Michael Mukasey said he wouldn't pursue contempt charges against two Bush aides, Reuters reports. Mukasey rejected the request from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to refer the case to a grand jury, arguing that they had committed no crime... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democrats • Harriet Miers • House of Representatives • executive privilege • Josh Bolten • US attorney firings • Michael Mukasey • George W. Bush

Dems' Advice
on Reading: 'Blah Blah Blah'

Errant email from Pelosi's office offers talking points

Feb 28, 08 5:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Your Democratic congressional representative may do well to avoid the advice from Nancy Pelosi's office regarding “Read Across America” day next Monday, writes Washington Post blogger Mary Ann Akers. An email on how to deal with the big day urges Dems to stress the damage done to education programs... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • email • reading • Read Across America

Hillary Superdelegates Hold Firm

Dem leaders worried insiders could snatch nomination from popular vote

Feb 27, 08 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats who support Hillary Clinton appear to be rejecting calls to switch their support to Barack Obama if circumstances give the super delegates the deciding votes, the Hill reports. Despite charges that it would be anti-democratic to defy voters in their home states, many who talked to the Hill ... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • primary • Democratic National Convention • caucus • superdelegates • pledged delegates • Emanuel Cleaver • Bill Pascrell • Gregory Meeks • Hank Johnson

Bush Chides House Dems for Law Expiration

Eavesdropping measure expires
at midnight

Feb 16, 08 2:30 PM CST
(Newser) - With a law that expands the government's power to eavesdrop due to expire at midnight, President Bush scolded Congress today for sitting idly by and allowing it to happen. Bush said Congress' failure to act could cause the US to “lose a vital lead that could prevent an attack,... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Harriet Miers • Josh Bolten • Protect America Act • Sheldon Whitehouse • House Democrats • electronic surveillance laws • terrorist attack • George W. Bush

Clinton's Black Allies Defecting

John Lewis may switch vote; another House member already has

Feb 15, 08 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton is starting to lose the support of prominent black leaders—and superdelegates— who previously backed her. Rep. John Lewis, a Georgia Democrat who carries great influence in Congress, says he's now tilting toward Barack Obama. Another Georgia Democrat, David Scott, already switched, the AP reports. “Something is... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Kerry • primary • Democratic National Convention • Ted Kennedy • caucus • campaign • Democratic nomination • endorsement • Jim Clyburn • delegates • superdelegates • David Scott • Jesse Jackson Jr. • John Lewis • Emanuel Cleaver

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