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Nancy Pelosi stories: 250 news summaries

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General's Anti-War Turn Thrills Dems

Ex-Iraq commander forges surprising
bond with Pelosi

Nov 27, 07 4:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi has made one of her strangest alliances yet with ousted Iraq commander Ricardo Sanchez, and their bring-the-troops-home alliance thrills Democratic leaders but baffles others, the Washington Post reports. Sanchez, forced to retire over the Abu Ghraib scandal, delivered last weekend’s Democratic radio address and blasted President Bush’... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Abu Ghraib • Lindsey Graham • Ricardo Sanchez

Bush Domestic Spending
Veto Stands

House falls two votes short for key health, education bill

Nov 16, 07 5:29 AM CST
(Newser) - President Bush's veto of a major domestic spending bill yesterday withstood a challenge by the House after it failed by just two votes to muster a two-thirds majority to override it. The $606 billion labor, health and education measure is the largest of 12 spending bills that have pit Congress... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House Appropriations Committee • George W. Bush

House OKs War Funds
Tied to Troop Withdrawal

Bush promises veto, but measure expected to fail in Senate

Nov 14, 07 9:45 PM CST
(Newser) - The House tonight defied President Bush and tied a $50 billion bill to fund the war in Iraq to a timetable for troop withdrawal. The measure, which passed 218-203, is not expected to make it out of the Senate. If it does, however, Bush has promised to veto it. The... More »

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Iraq • Nancy Pelosi • war funding • Iraq war

Grand Jury Calls Spill Ship Crew

Coast Guard slammed for focusing on homeland security, not environment

Nov 13, 07 4:38 AM CST
(Newser) - The crew of the container ship that rammed a San Francisco Bay bridge and dumped 58,000 gallons of oil have been served subpoenas to appear before a federal grand jury, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The US attorney's office is investigating whether crimes were committed in the disaster and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • oil spill • Coast Guard • Gavin Newsom • Cosco Busan • San Francisco Bay • Adm. Thad Allen

House Passes Alternative Minimum Tax Bill

But bill is unlikely to make it through the Senate unchanged

Nov 10, 07 6:23 AM CST
(Newser) - The House passed a sweeping tax-reform bill yesterday—shifting some $78 billion in taxes from middle-class families to the super-rich—that is expected to get little traction in the Senate and has already drawn the promise of a presidential veto. The bill would exempt middle-income families from the Alternative Minimum... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • private equity • Democrats • House of Representatives • hedge fund • Charles Rangel • Alternative Minimum Tax

House to Battle Bush on Troops

Bill will tie war money to withdrawals

Nov 8, 07 7:18 PM CST
(Newser) - The House could vote as soon as tomorrow on a bill that would provide $50 billion for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars—a quarter of President Bush's request—and tie the money to a troop-withdrawal timetable. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the money is intended to fund about four month months... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • Nancy Pelosi • Republican

House OKs Trade Deal
With Peru

Bill split Dems,
who defied wishes
of labor unions

Nov 8, 07 4:27 PM CST
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

House Bans Bias Against Gays at Work

Major civil rights measure now
moves to Senate

Nov 7, 07 10:14 PM CST
(Newser) - It took more than 30 years, but House Democrats today passed a bill banning workplace discrimination against homosexuals, the New York Times reports. Thirty-five Republicans joined 200 Democrats to pass the legislation, which would amend the Civil Rights Act and safeguard workers against discrimination because of their “actual... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • gay rights • workplace discrimination • Ted Kennedy • House of Representatives • homosexuality • Civil Rights Act • Human Rights Campaign • Susan Collins • National Gay and Lesbian Task Force • Ed Koch • Employment Nondiscrimination Act • Stonewall Rebellion

Backers Delay Genocide Vote

Turkish tensions scares off support

Oct 26, 07 3:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - The four primary sponsors of the House resolution to label the 1915 killings of Armenians in Turkey as genocide have withdrawn support, formally asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to delay voting on the measure, the AP reports. Enthusiasm for the resolution withered after Turkey withdrew its US ambassador and threatened to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Kids' Health Insurance Bill Stalls Again

House Dems fail to capture votes needed to foil Bush veto of popular measure

Oct 26, 07 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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

Senate Brokers Truce With Bush on Domestic Spying

Includes immunity for phone companies

Oct 18, 07 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Democrats and Republicans have brokered a deal on legislation regarding the White House domestic spying and wiretapping program—including a highly controversial grant of immunity to telecommunication companies that co-operated with warrantless wiretaps. The deal marks a victory for the White House because Democrats had to kill a House... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • CIA • FBI • Hamas • White House • House Judiciary Committee • American Civil Liberties Union • Arlen Specter • Patrick Leahy • Senate Intelligence Committee • Mike McConnell • warrantless wiretapping • domestic spying • John D. Rockefeller • Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court • Louie Gohmert • domestic wiretapping • al-Qaeda

Pelosi Vows to Push Turkish Genocide Vote

She ignores knocks from Turks, GOP, as Turkey fires shells into Kurdish villages

Oct 14, 07 6:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi vows to take the Turkey-genocide vote to the floor despite renewed Turkish threats and Republican jabs, the New York Times reports. Turkey’s army chief warned today that “military relations with the United States can never be the same" if the vote passes. GOP lawmaker John Boehner... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Turkey • NATO • genocide • Ankara • United States • Armenia • Iraq war

Armenia Measure Puts White House, Turkey on Edge

House bill would term WWI killings 'genocide'

Oct 10, 07 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A bill to term the World War I-era deaths of 1.5 million Armenians at the hands of the Turkish government "genocide" is winning support in Congress—making the White House squirm and Turkey fume, the Washington Post reports. President Bush and eight former Secretaries of State have warned... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Turkey • genocide • House of Representatives • Billy • Armenia • Armenian Resolution • Armenian genocide

Dems Will Cave on Wiretaps

Despite earlier opposition, pols fear being labeled soft on terrorism

Oct 9, 07 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Despite having vowed to rein in the administration on wiretapping without warrants, congressional Democrats are preparing to approve bills which would maintain for several years the surveillance authority legalized this summer by the Protect America Act, the New York Times reports. Dems fear that opposing the legislation will label them... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • National Security Agency • warrantless wiretapping

Congress' Feminine Mystique May Wane in '08

Despite success of Clinton, Pelosi, drop likely in women office-holders

Aug 15, 07 3:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Hillary Clinton is elected president next year, she could be deilvering her State of the Union before a dwindling number of women, the Journal reports. Many female governors and congresswomen face either tough re-election campaigns or term-limit boundaries in 2008, and after a surge in the early 1990s, the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Hillary Clinton • Congress • women • female politicians • Jean Shaheen • Susan Collins • Mary Landrieu • Jennifer Lawless • Elizabeth Dole • Kathleen Blanco • Iraq war

Mayhem Erupts
in the House

Session unravels over partisan head-butting, House to reconvene today

Aug 4, 07 10:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shouting, jeering, paralysis and a power outage marred what was to be the last session before summer recess for the House of Representatives yesterday, the LA Times reports. House Democrats had hoped to resolve several key pieces of legislation, but the floor descended into tumult as leaders struggled in vain... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • GOP • House of Representatives • voting

Sheehan Arrested in Impeachment Protest

Anti-war mom will run against Pelosi

Jul 24, 07 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Antiwar mom Cindy Sheehan was arrested yesterday after overstaying her welcome in Rep. John Conyer's office on Capitol Hill. She was there to urge Conyers to impeach President Bush over his conduct of the war in Iraq, and to announce that she will run for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's San... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Dick Cheney • House Judiciary Committee • Bush impeachment • troop withdrawal • Virginia • John Conyers • Cindy Sheehan • anti war movement • Arlington National Cemetery • Washington, DC • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Sheehan to Pelosi: Impeach or I'll Run

Anti-war mom threatens to challenge Speaker's House seat

Jul 9, 07 4:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democrats • politics • Iraq pullout • Bush impeachment • impeachment • House of Representatives • government • Cindy Sheehan • Election 2008 • Iraq war • George W. Bush

Dem Congress Still Dishing Out Pork

The new majority is not as kosher as
they claim to be

May 24, 07 4:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - 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... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Republican • Democratic Congress • Senate • House Appropriations Committee • Senate Democrats • earmarks • phonemarking • pork barrel spending • senator • Iraq war

House Breaks
Up Iraq War
Funding Bill

Unusual move allows vote against war, for domestic spending

May 23, 07 5:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - 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 • Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Democrats • Republican • Iraq pullout • House of Representatives • Iraq war • Iraq war spending

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