Jan 07, 2009 -
Pelosi Erases Gingrich's Long-Standing Fairness Rules
by Connie Hair (more by this author)
Posted 01/05/2009 ET
Updated 01/05/2009 ET
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi plans to re-write House rules today to ensure that the Republican minority is unable to have any influence on legislation. Pelosi's proposals are so draconian, and will so polarize the Capitol, that any thought President-elect Obama has of bipartisan cooperation will be rendered impossible before he even takes office.
Pelosi's rule changes -- which may be voted on today -- will reverse the fairness rules that were written around Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America."
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May 18, 2009 -
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee (R) penned a poem for his website in which the potential 2012 presidential candidate calls on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to resign.
In a poem entitled "Fancy Nancy," Huckabee calls the speaker "ruthless," and accuses her of "trashing" intelligence officials.
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Jul 09, 2009 -
With all that's going on, does Sheila Jackson Lee really have nothing better to do than waste time, energy & money on stupid things like this?
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Pelosi Slams Door on Jackson Resolution
By SUZANNE GAMBOA, AP
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door Thursday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson because debate on the symbolic measure could raise "contrary views" about the pop star's life.
Lawmakers are free to use House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," said Pelosi, D-Calif.
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Nov 18, 2009 -
by Newt Gingrich
Posted 11/18/2009
As the Senate prepares to take up health reform, senators should take note of the tremendous shift underway in the thinking of the American people.Historians may record that the Obama Administration and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi were the wake-up call which led Americans to recommit themselves to the core values of American civilization.
The net result of the Obama presidential campaign and a ten month campaign for government control of health care has been a decisive shift away from reliance on government and toward personal responsibility.
A Stunning 22-Point Shift Away From Government Responsibilty for Health Care
Polling data released last week by Gallup show a startling shift in public opinion: President Obama and Speaker Pelosi are actually convincing the country to rethink their attitudes and move toward the right and away from government solutions in health care (the same seems to be happening on spending, taxes, and how to create jobs, but that will be a future newsletter).
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Nov 18, 2009 -
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/15/michele-bachmann-president-sarah-palin
She is much more Religious Right then I like in Conservative politicians, but I still found her interesting.
The new wave of female firebrands striking fear into liberal America
Right-wing radicals are already pinning presidential ambitions on a mother-of-five from Minnesota who calls herself a 'fool for Christ' and condemns Obama as a socialist at the head of a gangster regime
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- Paul Harris in New York
- The Observer, Sunday 15 November 2009
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Michele Bachmann gestures as she speaks at the Republican National Convention in 2008. Photograph: Paul Sancya/AP
She is a striking brunette with a decidedly outspoken attitude.
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Nov 17, 2009 -
Take that Newt Gingrich. Two weeks ago, the former Speaker warned that more NY-23-style fights in the GOP family would re-elect President Obama and make Nancy Pelosi “Speaker for Life.” But on Rush Limbaugh today, Sarah Palin said these primary fights are the way to win over swing voters.
Mary Bruce was listening…
Speaking to Rush Limbaugh today, Sarah Palin supported the idea of a third, independent party, but said America wasn't quite ready for it.
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Oct 11, 2009 -
Moms are usually busy running around and trying to save the world. We are sometimes called to act like super-women with a list of projects and things that must be accomplished in one day. Do you ever stop to see what is going on around you? Well, maybe it is time you do. Life is changing in this country, little by little and day by day. The CHANGE Obama promised is beginning to show. Obama is seen in a video in November 2008 addressing the cheering crowds and saying that we are just days away from "FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." The change he had in mind is so incredibly drastic that if left unchecked it could mean the end of Capitalism, which in turn would totally destroy the incredible sources of opportunity that have always made this country great. Sure Communism sounds good on paper ... and interestingly enough, it is being taught in many of our institutions of higher learning as a way to achieve equality among people. That sounds great, doesn't it?
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Nov 07, 2009 -
Shutting off the miracle-drug spigotBy JEFF STIER & HENRY I. MILLER (NY POST)House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was right last week when she called her latest health-care-reform proposal a "his toric moment": After decades of life-saving and cost-cutting scientific innovations from drug and medical-device companies, the government is about to step in and stifle the R&D that is our best hope for improving health outcomes.<p> </p><br> Pelosi's bill may cost pharmaceutical companies $150 billion over a decade -- nearly double the amount they conceded when they cut a White House-approved deal with Sen. Max Baucus this summer.<p> </p><br> The Pelosi bill is a prescription for fewer new life-saving drugs.
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Nov 11, 2009 -
The Absolutely Worst Bill Ever
By Peter Ferrara on 11.11.09 @ 6:08AM
"The Worst Bill Ever." That is the title the always calm and rational Wall Street Journal put on its editorial on November 1 about the government health care takeover bill that passed the House last week on virtually a party line vote, 220-215. But even this label doesn't fully communicate the outright assault on the American people involved in this legislation.
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Nov 12, 2009 -
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2009/11/its_not_over_recanvassing_shows_ny23_race.html
Recanvassing shows NY-23 race tightens even as Rep. Bill Owens is sworn into House seat
By Mark Weiner / The Post-Standard
November 12, 2009, 6:02AM
The Associated PressDemocrat Bill Owens delivers his victory speech at his headquarters in Plattsburgh last week. Owens declared victory after Conservative nominee Doug Hoffman conceded the 23rd Congressional District race election night.
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