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Pelosi Sacks
Fla. Rep's Plea to Delay Votes for Gator Game

Ocala pol wanted to suspend biz for football

Jan 7, 09 8:57 AM CST
(Newser) - A Florida congressman asked House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to postpone certifying the election of Barack Obama and other business so the Florida and Oklahoma delegations can attend the Gators and Sooners BCS championship game tomorrow, AP reports. "Madam Speaker, kindly consider," Republican Cliff Stearns pleaded in a handwritten... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • electoral college • Florida Gators • NCAA football • House of Representatives • Oklahoma Sooners • President-elect Obama • Cliff Stearns

GOP Peeved at Pelosi's New House Rules

Package limits minority party power, repeals committee term limits

Jan 6, 09 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi is kicking off the 111th Congress with a rule change, and Republicans are not pleased, reports the Hill. The move institutes new restrictions on motions to "recommit," squashing a tactic that allowed the outnumbered GOP to delay bills to stymie Democrats. “This is not the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • House of Representatives • House Democrats • House Republicans

Pelosi Happy to Let Obama Carry Dems' Flag

A Democratic president will offer speaker support, raise challenges

Jan 5, 09 8:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi is thrilled to work with “a president whose vision I respect and whose agenda I will help stamp” after 2 years of butting heads with Republicans, she tells the New York Times. The speaker of the House doesn’t mind ceding her role as the face of... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Rahm Emanuel • speaker of the House • President Obama

ANALYSIS

In DC, Powerful California
Is the New Texas

State best represented in Congress, holds key Cabinet, Senate posts

Dec 22, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - California is set to take over Texas’ role as the state with most influence on the federal government, Politico reports. With Nancy Pelosi as House Speaker, the largest number of representatives—34—in the Democratic caucus, and one of the strongest presences by state in Barack Obama’s administration, the... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • California • Texas • Senate • Dianne Feinstein • House of Representatives • Barbara Boxer • President Obama • Hilda Solis • Steven Chu • Zoe Lofgren

ANALYSIS

Pelosi to Emanuel:
This Is My House

Speaker wants White House to go through her to get to Dems

Dec 16, 08 10:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Speaker Nancy Pelosi is setting clear parameters for how she expects the Obama White House to work with House Democrats now that former lieutenant Rahm Emanuel will be chief of staff, Politico reports. When Emanuel recently offered advice on a leadership race, she replied that it is “an internal... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democratic caucus • Rahm Emanuel • House Democrats • President Obama

(Newser) - Congressional Democrats are looking to fast-track a $600 billion economic stimulus package in the first weeks of the New Year, the Washington Post reports. Nancy Pelosi said today lawmakers are working with the Obama transition team to craft the plan, which is smaller than the $1 trillion scheme floated... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • transition • Democratic Party • economic stimulus package • Wall Street bailout • President Obama • New Year

 Dem Leaders 
 Say OK to Auto 
 Bailout Plan 

Shocking jobs figures prompt lawmakers to support rescue

Dec 5, 08 8:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers will bail out the Big Three with billions of dollars in loans after all, the New York Times reports. Their change of heart, which comes after 2 days of auto exec hearings, was inspired by today's news that half a million Americans lost their jobs last month. Congress... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • automaker • Big Three • bailout • auto bailout

 $621M Hill Visitor Center Opens 

Building will accommodate tourists visiting Capitol

Dec 2, 08 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - Congressional leaders spoke today at the opening of the Capitol Visitor Center, the Hill reports. The center, which was heavily delayed throughout its 6 years construction and cost a well-over-budget $621 million, will be the first stop for visitors to the Capitol, who previously had to wait in long lines... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Washington DC • slave • Capitol Hill • Abraham Lincoln • tourists

 Rangel Fights 
 New Ethics Charges 

Republicans complain that Harlem rep's getting a free pass

Dec 2, 08 10:58 AM CST
(Newser) - The ethics problems are piling up for Charlie Rangel, Harlem’s veteran congressman and the chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, reports Politico, but Rangel's not ceding anything. Instead, he's planning a counterattack on the New York Times, which alleges he worked to save a tax loophole worth... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Charles Rangel • political scandal

ANALYSIS

 To Succeed, Obama and 
 Congress Must Stay Tight 

Dems eager to make mark after GOP domination, but priorities could shred unity

Dec 1, 08 2:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Democrats in Congress and Barack Obama want to move quickly once he assumes office, but they must pull in the same direction to achieve anything, Naftali Bendavid writes in the Wall Street Journal. “Pent-up energy among House Democrats” could test Obama’s centrist leanings, one observer notes, and history... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Senate • House of Representatives • congressional Democrats • President Obama • ruling party • Chris Van Hollen

ANALYSIS

New Congress' Key Fights Could Be Dem-on-Dem

Party split ideologically, geographically on major issues

Nov 25, 08 10:22 AM CST
(Newser) - The Democrats have amassed so much power in Congress their internal conflicts may matter more than their fights with the GOP. In Politico, Martin Kady II takes a look at some likely intra-party fault lines:
  • Californians against rust-belters on the environment: “The Midwestern Democrats—Sherrod Brown, Evan Bayh,
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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • environment • Henry Waxman • unions • health care reform • Evan Bayh • House Democrats • Sherrod Brown

GM Needs a Hand From Unions, Lenders

Automaker scrambles to retrench ahead of Congress' deadline

Nov 24, 08 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - General Motors is revving up its efforts to prove to Congress it can survive if it receives a multibillion-dollar federal loan, reports Bloomberg. The automaker is asking unions to ease work rules, attempting to reduce its debt load, and considering cutting brands from its lineup as it tries to stretch... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • General Motors • auto industry • Rick Wagoner • financial crisis

talk show roundup

'Public Sick of Partisanship':
Lieberman

Joe says Obama never called back; politicos talk bailouts on TV

Nov 23, 08 12:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman told Meet the Press today that he regrets "some things I said in the heat of the campaign that I wish I'd said more clearly," and hopes Barack Obama will put, er, "country first" by leading in a bipartisan fashion. Lieberman said he called... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • John McCain • Charles Schumer • Joe Lieberman • auto industry • economic stimulus package • David Axelrod • bailout • economy • financial crisis • President Obama

(Newser) - After failing to strike a deal today on a possible bailout for the Big Three automakers, Congressional leaders offered the firms one more chance to push for the $25 billion lifeline they've requested, the Detroit News reports. Lawmakers will wait until December and require concrete plans for the money... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Chrysler • Harry Reid • General Motors • Ford • auto industry • bailout

Waxman Unseats Dingell to Chair Key House Committee

Energy and Commerce Committee will see much legislation from Obama

Nov 20, 08 11:14 AM CST
(Newser) - House Democrats elected Californian Henry Waxman to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee today, the Hill reports. Waxman’s new post will hold considerable influence over how the next administration will effect its legislative agenda; his selection over Michigan’s John Dingell, who has served on the committee for... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Barack Obama • Congress • Henry Waxman • Democrat • congressional Democrats • House Energy and Commerce Committee • John Dingell • President Obama

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi may wield her influence behind the scenes, but she is the most powerful woman in the history of US politics, Politico reports, and with recent Democratic gains in Congress, she's poised to have power few other speakers could match. Though she’s nice about it, “whatever Nancy... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • House of Representatives • power • speaker of the House • Election 2008

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi plans to convene a lame-duck House session to vote on an expanded rescue of the auto industry, the Wall Street Journal reports. “I am confident Congress can consider emergency assistance legislation next week,” the House Speaker said. Both GM and Ford have said they are... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Senate • General Motors • House of Representatives • Ford • auto industry • bailout • George W. Bush • auto bailout

Dems Push Paulson to
Fund Big 3 Automakers

Pelosi, Reid want $700B bailout to aid GM, Ford, and Chrysler

Nov 8, 08 4:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Congressional Democrats are urging Henry Paulson to pump funds into the sputtering Big Three automakers, Politico reports. In a letter to the treasury secretary, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid called for a broadening of the $700 billion bailout package to help GM, Ford, and Chrysler qualify for federal aid. A... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Congress • Chrysler • Harry Reid • General Motors • Henry Paulson • Ford • Treasury Department • auto industry • bailout • auto bailout

House Dems Wrangle Over Top Posts

Waxman aims to bump Dingell out of key chairmanship

Nov 6, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Tuesday's votes were still being counted when House Democrats started wrangling over leadership positions, Politico reports. Henry Waxman has launched a challenge for chairmanship of the Energy and Commerce Committee, aiming to take out John Dingell of Michigan, whose support is eroding. Says a lobbyist: "He has done... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Democratic Congress • Henry Waxman • House of Representatives • Rahm Emanuel • congressional Democrats • John Dingell • speaker of the House • congressional aides

Auto Bosses to Press Pelosi for Another $25B

Latest reports
sound alarm on
industry crisis

Nov 6, 08 1:50 AM CST
(Newser) - The CEOs of Detroit's troubled Big Three automakers and the head of the UAW are set to meet today with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to ask for another $25 billion in government loans, the Detroit Free Press reports. Detroit had its worst sales month in 25 years in October, and... More »

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Nancy Pelosi • Chrysler • United Auto Workers • General Motors • Ford • auto industry • bailout

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