House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

10 Things Nancy Pelosi Told Us This Morning

Posted 01.10.2012

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...

Nancy Pelosi's Midyear Style Report (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 04.20.2012

Few people in politics love pantsuits as much as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi might be a close second. ...

Amanda Terkel

Pelosi Won't Hold Vote On Obama-GOP Tax Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is unlikely to bring up President Obama's tax cut deal to the floor for a vote in its current form...

Lucia Graves

House To Vote Wednesday On Child Nutrition Bill, Cuts To Food Stamps Possible

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.) were joined by other Democratic lawmakers on Tuesday in calling ...

Lucia Graves

STONEWALLED: House Dems' Tax Cut Plan 'Will Not Include Anything The Republicans Are Seeking'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- If Obama and House Democrats were at pains to extend an olive branch to Republicans after the midterm elections, that is no longer the c...

Lucia Graves

Democratic Losses Complicate Hoyer-Clyburn Leadership Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

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

Lucia Graves

Pelosi: 'We Feel Pretty Good' About Election, Early Returns Are Strong

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

At a groundbreaking ceremony in San Francisco on Tuesday afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave reporters her take on election outlooks and decrie...

Boehner's Choice

Jim Jaffe | Posted 05.25.2011

Jim Jaffe

The most interesting step in John Boehner's quest to become Speaker of the House may well be the last one -- when newly-elected House Republicans set the price for supporting him.

Democratic Congressman: Pelosi 'Probably Not Going To Run For Speaker'

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi may not run again to keep her gavel for the next congressional term should Democrats retain control of the chamber followin...

Lucia Graves

Pelosi On Polarization In Congress: 'After The Elections It Will Be Better'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Partisan polarization will start to wane after November's midterm elections, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told Nora Ephron Monday night. "I ...

Lucia Graves

Pelosi Open To Cutting The Corporate Tax Rate

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she is open to cutting the corporate tax rate. In a taped interview with the NewsHour's Judy Woodruff...

Lucia Graves

Pelosi, Boehner Trade Barbs Over House Control

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

With Congress poised to adjourn, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) battled over legislative record...

Lucia Graves

Public Funding Of Congressional Campaigns Widely Favored

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

Voters in battleground districts strongly favor legislation that would let congressional campaigns be funded by the public, according to a new survey ...

Lucia Graves

Steny Hoyer: Tax Cut Vote 'Under Consideration'

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) said on Tuesday that Democrats are still considering a middle-class tax cut vote before the House adjourns t...

Lucia Graves

A Million Seniors Receive $250 Medicare Checks

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

More than a million Medicare beneficiaries have been issued $250 checks to help with prescription drugs costs, the Department of Health and Human Serv...

Lucia Graves

Pelosi Talks Women In Politics, Slams Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

At a small gathering in San Francisco Friday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) honored the 90th anniversary of national women's suffrage, saying ...

Bobby Bright Speculates About Nancy Pelosi's Death: She 'Might Get Sick And Die'

The Huffington Post | Jeremy Binckes | Posted 05.25.2011

While it might be politically popular among Republicans to bash House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, one Democrat may have crossed a line. Alabama Rep. Bobb...

Shirley Sherrod, Black Farmers and the 2010 Racial World Cup

Charles D. Ellison | Posted 05.25.2011

Charles D. Ellison

Perhaps one of the more eloquent and official retrospectives resulting from the Shirley Sherrod incident was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibb's...

Lucia Graves

Speaker Boehner? House Minority Leader Airs Personal Ambitions

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucia Graves | Posted 05.25.2011

House Minority Leader John Boehner has every intention of putting a new title on his business card come November. The Ohio Republican said on Wednesd...

Gregory Lee Giusti: Man Accused Of Threatening Nancy Pelosi Cries In Court

AP | JASON DEAREN | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO — The man charged with threatening House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was so livid over the health care overhaul that he made at least 48 ...

Nancy Pelosi Threatened: California Man Arrested For Health Care Reform Threats

AP | JASON DEAREN and DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 05.25.2011

SAN FRANCISCO (Associated Press) — A California man angry about health care reform allegedly made threatening and harassing phone calls to House...

Steeping Mad: Health Care Reform and the Art of Losing Ungraciously

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

C. Nicole Mason

The fight over healthcare reform wasn't so much about reforming the system and extending coverage to nearly 40 million uninsured Americans as much as it was a fight about the direction of the country.

Sam Stein and Ryan Grim

Seething Dems Hit Back At Report That Public Option Is Dead In House

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein and Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Democratic lawmakers including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi are adamantly pushing back against reports that she does not have the necessary votes to pas...

When the General Speaks, Ladies, Keep Your Ears Open and Mouths Shut!

Julie Farby | Posted 05.25.2011

Julie Farby

Republicans in general hate it when pesky estrogen-filled ladies have jobs. As a result, they tend to do whatever they can to put them in their rightful place to fulfill their God-given duty of popping out babies.

Congressmen Admit They No Longer Remember Which Health Care Bill They Are Voting On

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

Andy Borowitz

"Maybe I'm not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I can't for the life of me remember whether this is the bill I liked or the bill I despised," said Rep. Rand DeVane (D-OH). "I'm only human."