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Pelosi health reform plan is tightrope for some Texas Democrats

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has unveiled the House health reform bill. Reactions are pouring in. Pop quiz: Does this sound like it came from a Republican or a Democrat? "This is a gargantuan expansion of government takeover of our health...


Nancy Pelosi in Dallas Sunday

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in Dallas Sunday to help raise money for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. She will be featured at a fund-raiser hosted by Dallas lawyer and Democratic Party donor Lisa Blue. Pelosi continues the parade...


Joe Barton asks Obama to make House Democrats play nice

Of all the GOP lawmakers invited to the White House this afternoon for the "fiscal responsibility" summit, Rep. Joe Barton may have gotten in the most salient question on the minds of fellow Republicans. When the president called on him,...


GOP Target No. 1: Congressional Democrats

Before the Republicans got around to attacking Barack Obama, House GOP Leader launched Tuesday night's convention session with a broadside aimed at the Democratic Congress and its leaders. "Washington today is broken and the Democratic Congress is its most visible...


House speaker isn't impressed by Palin

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said John McCain's choice "raises serious questions about his judgment." Pelosi said in a statement: "Why, when the country is fighting two wars, facing an uncertain economy and an energy crisis, did Senator McCain make...


Mighty quick gavel, Speaker Pelosi

I wish I had my 10-year-old's stopwatch to clock the milliseconds between the moment when Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked if there were any objections to Hillary Clinton's motion to nominate Barack Obama by acclamation, and when she brought the gavel...


Pelosi goes after John McCain -- and the crowd joins in

Throughout the first few hours of the Democratic Convention, speaker after speaker hailed Barack Obama as the candidate who will bring "the change American needs." But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi roused the crowd in the Pepsi Center with a litany...


RNC responds on Chet Edwards' attack on McCain veterans policies

The Republican National Committee is defending McCain's support for veterans, disputing Rep. Chet Edwards' assertions that Obama is stronger on veterans issues. "John McCain has spent a career fighting for veterans' issues, but Barack Obama wouldn't even make the time...


Chet Edwards, coy on VP prospects, takes lead in attack on McCain record on veterans

Of all the pols on the short and not-so-short lists, Rep. Chet Edwards hasn't exactly been the most visible surrogate for Barack Obama. In fact, the Waco Democrat has laid low for the past month and a half, since House...


Talk of Chet Edwards as Obama's running mate isn't going away

We're in the state of the veepstakes that breathlessness can kick in pretty easily, but it's worth noting that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi isn't letting the Chet-Edwards-for-VP talk die down easily. Newsweek's Michael Isikoff has Edwards on a longer-than-usual Obama...


Chet Edwards "humbled" at veep chatter

The Democratic ticket? Edwards and Obama at an American Legion Post in Houston Feb. 29. Rep. Chet Edwards says he's "humbled" by the fact that Speaker Nancy Pelosi cited him -- of all the House members, governors and senators...


Sexism, Speaker Pelosi said, was offset by women's enthusiasm for Hillary Clinton

The highest ranking woman ever in American government, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, says Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton probably benefited from her gender as much as she was hampered by it. "I'm a victim of sexism all of the time...

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