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Pelosi Willing to Deal to Win Back House Dems

They plan more flexible approach, postponed public option

Sep 1, 09 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - House Democrats got whipped on health care over the August recess, and party leaders now have to win back some of their own shaky members, reports Politico. The push starts at a caucus meeting in the Capitol basement next week as Nancy Pelosi and other top leaders will try to... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health insurance • politics • Democratic caucus • health care reform • House Democrats • public option

OPINION

 Why Stimulus Gets a Bad Rap 


Aug 20, 09 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democrats’ $787 billion stimulus package is less popular than ever—even though it’s already working, writes David Wessel for the Wall Street Journal. The case against it is weak: Fed rate cuts hadn’t slowed the recession, already a year-old at that point, making the stimulus an... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • recession • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

glossies

 World's Most Powerful Women 


Aug 19, 09 9:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - German leader Angela Merkel keeps her spot as the world's most powerful woman for the fourth straight year on the annual Forbes list. Other notables in the top 100: Michelle Obama debuts at 40, just ahead of Oprah (41) and Queen Elizabeth (42). Hillary Clinton is 36, down from 28... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Hillary Clinton • Angela Merkel • Queen Elizabeth • Michelle Obama • women • Oprah Winfrey • Sheila Bair • Sonia Sotomayor

(Newser) - House leaders are slashing their $550 million order for eight new executive jets for use by senior government officials, caving to pressure from fellow lawmakers and the Pentagon, Politico reports. John Murtha’s Defense Appropriations Subcommittee had more than doubled the Pentagon’s original request for $220 million to buy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Pentagon • House Appropriations Committee • John Murtha • planes • defense spending

OPINION

 Pelosi, Hoyer: Health 
 Reform Haters Ignore Facts 

After a century, it's time to get this done

Aug 10, 09 1:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - The debate over universal health care has lasted almost a century, and once again, an overhaul faces tough odds. This time, not only are opponents trying to “misrepresent” legislation—many others have been crashing meetings and making “civil dialogue” on the issue impossible, write Nancy Pelosi and Steny... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Steny Hoyer • health care reform • House Democrats • speaker of the House • right wingers • protesters • Obama administration


 Beck: I Want 
 to Poison 
 Pelosi ... 
 Kidding! 

Sure, no one likes her, but still...

Aug 7, 09 10:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - So a few advertisers abandoned Glenn Beck’s show after his last bout of verbal diarrhea—so what? That didn’t stop him from “joking” that he wanted to poison Nancy Pelosi last night on his show, during a skit about hanging out at her “liberal, elitist wine... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • politics • poison • Glenn Beck • right wingers • liberal elite

forget the beach

 5 Things to Watch During 
 Critical August Break

Health care takes center stage in 'consequential' recess

Aug 3, 09 12:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - With health care reform hanging in the balance, the August congressional recess is likely to be a lot less relaxing than usual, writes Glenn Thrush in Politico. What to watch:
  1. Health insurers’ response to Nancy Pelosi’s singling them out as the "bad guys" on soaring health care
... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • protests • Senate Finance Committee • recess • health care reform • Max Baucus • health insurers • approval ratings • President Obama • tea parties • public option

(Newser) - Blue Dogs had a good day, but now liberals are howling. After the conservative Democrats managed to shift health care legislation to the center, progressive Democrats say they might mount a rebellion of their own, report Politico and the Hill. They're mostly upset that Henry Waxman agreed to water down... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • liberals • health care reform • Max Baucus • Blue Dog Democrats • progressives

Blue Dogs Stand Firm as Dems Get Panicky

Marathon sessions fail to reach a deal as tempers fray

Jul 29, 09 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Democratic leadership is scrambling to make progress on health care reform before Congress breaks for its August recess, but last night's marathon negotiations failed to break the stalemate—and may even have increased the number of issues up for debate.  "We're making progress," Nancy Pelosi said... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • Henry Waxman • Harry Reid • Senate Democrats • Rahm Emanuel • health care reform • House Democrats • Blue Dog Democrats • public option

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi says she's got enough votes lined up in the House to pass health care reform by the end of the month, the Hill reports. Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats beg to differ, but Pelosi says there's "no question" she's right. On the chance she's wrong, however, she... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • health care reform

Obama: You Can Keep Your Honeymoon

Prez says he's not losing sleep over
harsh NYT column

Jul 22, 09 1:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I never understood this concept of honeymoon," President Obama told Katie Couric yesterday when the CBS interviewer asked about his sliding poll numbers. Obama said he wasn't too worried about a New York Times column from David Brooks saying he has fallen into step behind Nancy Pelosi on... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Katie Couric • Democratic Party • David Brooks • President Obama

Health Care Surtax on the Chopping Block

Dems waffle on high-income tax; timetable cloudy

Jul 21, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats are growing queasy about their plan to tax the wealthy to help pay for health care reform, the New York Times reports. Nancy Pelosi yesterday suggested revising the contentious provision so that fewer households would have to pay the surtax. Under the current House draft, individuals earning more... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Congress • taxes • Harry Reid • House of Representatives • health care reform • congressional Democrats • House Democrats

OPINION

Congress Leads Dems on 'Liberal Suicide March'

They're as out of touch as Republicans were
in Bush years: Brooks

Jul 21, 09 7:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Republican Party turned away from America during its years in power, writes New York Times columnist David Brooks, by paying more attention to echo-chamber media outlets and yes-men pollsters than voters. Now the Democrats are doing the same—instead of Southern conservatives, now it's left-wingers from the coasts who... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Senate Democrats • health care reform • Democratic Party • House Democrats • David Brooks • Blue Dog Democrats • liberal elite

 House Will Probe 
 Possible CIA Lies 

Panel Republicans decry inquiry as partisan politics

Jul 17, 09 5:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - The House Intelligence Committee will investigate whether the CIA lied to Congress and violated the National Security Act, the Hill reports. The probe stems from claims by new CIA chief Leon Panetta and Rep. Nancy Pelosi that the agency regularly misled Congress. More »

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Nancy Pelosi • national security • Congress • CIA • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • Silvestre Reyes • Silvestre P. Reyes • Leon Panetta

 10 Who Can Make or 
 Break Health Reform 

Who to watch as debate rages on Capitol Hill

Jul 17, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - As health care talk heats up in Washington, Mark Halperin of Time lists the key players to watch:
  • Sen. Max Baucus is trying to wring out as much GOP support as possible on his finance panel.
  • White House health czar Nancy-Ann DeParle has been winning concessions from the
... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Henry Waxman • Harry Reid • Olympia Snowe • Rahm Emanuel • Charles Grassley • health care reform • Max Baucus • Peter Orszag • Douglas Elmendorf • Nancy-Anne DeParle • Karen Ignagni

Dems Propose 5.4% Tax on Top Earners for Health Care

Legislation proposes paying for coverage with a new tax on the wealthy

Jul 14, 09 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - And they're off: House Democrats unveiled their bill to reform the US health care system today, the Hill reports. The bill includes a government-run insurance option to cover more than 30 million uninsured Americans and would impose new taxes on the wealthy to pay for it all, notes Politico. The... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • health care • Barack Obama • health care costs • House of Representatives • health care industry • universal health care • Obama administration

(Newser) - DIck Cheney's daughter Liz is considering a run for public office. “It's something I very well may do,” the lawyer and Bush-era State Department deputy secretary tells the Washington Times. Cheney says she's particularly worried about Congressional Democrats' attempts to hang charges of CIA meddling on her... More »

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Bush administration • Nancy Pelosi • Dick Cheney • CIA • State Department • vice president • Leon Panetta • Liz Cheney • USAID • public office

(Newser) - So what's this secret program behind the latest feud between CIA and Congress? It's apparently an "on-again, off-again" effort created after 9/11 to collect intelligence about suspected terrorists, the Washington Post reports. It doesn't involve interrogation, but beyond that, details are murky. CIA chief Leon Panetta learned of it... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • War on Terror • CIA • Senate Intelligence Committee • al-Qaeda • Leon Panetta

(Newser) - The House of Representatives will not consider a resolution praising Michael Jackson’s humanitarianism, the Boston Globe reports. “A resolution, I think, would open up to contrary views to—that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • entertainment • Congress • House of Representatives • death • Michael Jackson • celebrity humanitarianism • controversy • celebrity death • Sheila Jackson-Lee • resolution

(Newser) - A group of Democratic lawmakers says CIA chief Leon Panetta admitted that the agency has misled Congress since 2001 and "concealed significant actions," reports Politico. A letter released by the lawmakers, all members of the House Intelligence panel, offered no specifics on when Panetta made the admission or... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • CIA • Peter Hoekstra • House Intelligence Committee • Leon Panetta • CIA director

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