Oct 09, 2009 -
"They really don't understand how inappropriate that is. I'm in my place. I'm the Speaker of the House, the first woman Speaker of the House.
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Aug 07, 2009 -
"[They're] carrying swastikas and symbols like that to a town meeting on health care."
— Nancy Pelosi questioned the legitimacy of people protesting healthcare reform yesterday. Those opposed to the reform proposed by Democratic lawmakers are carrying out protests inside townhall meetings being held by Democratic members of Congress in their home districts this Summer.
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Jul 27, 2009 -
Nancy Pelosi might be one of the most powerful women in the United States, but she's not the most well liked. The Speaker of the House's favorability rating sits at 32 percent, while her unfavorability rating comes in at 48 percent. In other words: more people dislike Nancy Pelosi than like her.
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Mar 27, 2009 -
Yesterday Nancy Pelosi turned 69! Hard to believe with the amount of youthful energy she exudes. Take this quiz to find out what you know about the first female speaker of the house.
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Mar 04, 2009 -
Barack Obama isn't the only person with a housing plan. Brad Pitt is set to meet House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to talk about his Make It Right Project. Brad will have Nancy's ear tomorrow afternoon, to share details of the project he launched in 2007 with the intention of building affordable and environmentally safe homes for residents of New Orleans' Ninth Ward who lost their homes in Hurricane Katrina.
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Feb 26, 2009 -
- Rachel Maddow goes gaga over Nancy Pelosi's enthusiasm during Obama's speech. — Townhall
- Secretary Geithner "deeply offended by the quality of judgments" coming from banks. — Huffington Post
- Obama declares war on churches and conservative institutions?
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Feb 25, 2009 -
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has shared some criticism with Rachel Maddow about both the Bush and Obama administrations. According to Salon, Pelosi told Maddow, during an interview to be aired tonight, that she favors criminal prosecutions for the Bush administration and not just a fact-finding truth commission.
Pelosi apparently tells Maddow: Senator Leahy has a proposal, a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which is a good idea.
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Jan 26, 2009 -
Speaker Nancy Pelosi defended the inclusion of hundreds of millions of dollars for family planning services in the stimulus bill yesterday, by arguing that birth control will help the economy. On ABC's This Week Pelosi said: The family planning services reduce cost. They reduce cost.
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Jan 22, 2009 -
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wants Congress to roll back the Bush tax cuts for families earning $250,000 ASAP, and she's also open to investigating the Bush administration. Barack Obama on the other hand, isn't so hot on those ideas.
Yesterday Politico pondered how Nancy Pelosi will act when she disagrees with President Obama.
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