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Nancy Pelosi 'Wants To Leave' Congress 'Right Now,' Says Daughter

Posted 12.29.2011

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UPDATE: Nancy Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami disputed Alexandra Pelosi's claim on Thursday in a statement to Politico. "This may be wishful thi...

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10 Things Nancy Pelosi Told Us This Morning

Posted 01.10.2012

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We were so fortunate this morning to have Representative Nancy Pelosi stop by The Huffington Post office to speak to 30 or so female members of our ed...

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Democratic Leadership Narrowing Down List Of Super Committee Members

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 10.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The much-discussed "super committee," created as part of a bill to raise the nation's debt ceiling and tasked with finding $1.5 trillion...

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Ike's Most Prescient Insight 50 Years Ago Went Unspoken

Stanley Weiss | Posted 07.10.2011

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The military-industrial complex phrase is nearly always quoted out of the context of the speech. Eisenhower was neither condemning nor praising the military-industrial complex. He was making a much deeper point.

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Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.): If I Were Pelosi, I Wouldn't Have Run For Minority Leader (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Nearly a week after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Cali.) secured her bid to remain top member of her caucus, the doubts expressed by fel...

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Clyburn Will Stand by the Values, Policies That Make Us Democrats

Rep. Luis Gutierrez | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't support Jim Clyburn for Democratic Whip because he's my friend and we've served together a long time. Or because he's African-American. His seniority and race are meaningless to me. I support him because he will not apologize for being a progressive.

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Democratic Losses Complicate Hoyer-Clyburn Leadership Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- No sooner did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announce her bid to be House Minority Leader, then House Majority Whip James Clyburn announced ...

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Why Nancy Pelosi Should Continue to Lead Democrats in the House

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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There is little question that Speaker Pelosi will be elected House Minority Whip. The reason is simple: She is absolutely the best choice to lead House Democrats through the tough two years that lie ahead.

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Democrats Must Act Quickly and Decisively to Regain Messaging Edge

Rich Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama's team and the Democratic leadership have committed the communications Cardinal Sin: allowing the opposition to define and control the debate.

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Real Factor in Midterms: Too Few Jobs, Not Too Much Spending

Robert Creamer | Posted 05.25.2011

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To deal with the underlying sense of anxiety and anger, nothing will work for Democrats in the fall besides actually creating more jobs -- more short term economic opportunity. The fact is that voting for jobs is always good politics.

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Dems Won't Commit To Having Final Bill For Health Care Summit

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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House Democratic leaders are refusing to commit to producing a final comprehensive piece of health care legislation to present at the much-anticipated...

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Anxious Voters Angered by Dithering and Deal-Making, Not Lack of Bipartisanship

Paul Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

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By seeking bipartisanship, Obama will accomplish precisely what the Republicans want. Republicans will continue to move the goalposts; they'll never vote to support his key policies.

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Double Standard For Bernanke: Only 50 Votes Needed In Senate

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

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When it comes to progressive priorities in the Senate, there's one standard: 60 votes are needed. But for Ben Bernanke, there's a second standard: 50 ...

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Dem Leadership Told To Get Some Balls... Beer, That Is (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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For Democratic voters who are getting a little tired of the party's inability to get legislation of any kind through Congress, this video (which is sp...

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Tactics of the GOP First Unit Bill

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 05.25.2011

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The problem is the Democrats in Congress pride themselves in being a bunch of twigs. By not sticking together, they lost for everybody.

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Dems Plan To Admonish Wilson For Insult

AP | BEN EVANS and SEANNA ADCOX | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Democratic leaders are planning a House vote early next week to admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson if he does not apologize on the...

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Top Adviser Calls On President Obama To Be More Bold

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

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One of President Barack Obama's former top campaign advisers is "losing patience" with the White House, he told POLITICO Tuesday morning, as frustrati...

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Reid's Specter Deal: Dem Senators Not Pleased

The Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) deal to allow Sen. Arlen Specter to retain his seniority after he switches to the Democratic Conference h...

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Those Republicans Know How to Throw a Party

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Is it curious that the Republicans suddenly remembered that they're against government spending at the same moment that a guy with a "D" after his name moved into the White House?

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Oh, I Get It, Democrats Are The B-Team

Suzanne O'Keeffe | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Democratic leadership's latest move giving Bush & Co. billions more dollars for the fraud-based war and occupation of Iraq is Shakespearean: The good guys, turns out, are working with the bad guys!

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Dems Considering Proposals That Would Quietly Fund Iraq War

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some House Democratic leaders are considering plans to quietly fund the Iraq war while trying to minimize the political fall-out. One of the latest ...

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