Nancy Pelosi Headlines
A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
Senate leaders offer dour take on 'cliff' talks
The top Senate negotiators on the effort to prevent the government from going over the "fiscal cliff" offered a pessimistic assessment Sunday barely 24 hours before a deadline to avert tax hikes on virtually every worker. Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell said he's yet to receive a response to an ...
All eyes on them, Senate leaders seek fiscal deal
Senate leaders rushed to assemble a last-ditch agreement to avoid middle-class tax increases and possibly delay steep spending cuts in an urgent attempt to find common ground after weeks of postelection gridlock. An impatient President Barack Obama pressed top lawmakers to cut a deal, even one that falls short of ...
White House meeting a last stab at a fiscal deal
The end game at hand, the White House and Senate leaders took a final stab at compromise Friday night to prevent middle-class tax increases from taking effect at the turn of the new year and possibly prevent sweeping spending cuts as well. "I'm optimistic we may still be able to ...
No deal in sight as deadline for fiscal deal nears
Progress toward avoiding the "fiscal cliff" seemed stalled Thursday, as the Senate's top Democrat accused Republican House Speaker John Boehner of acting in dictatorial ways that prevent a solution to looming tax hikes and spending cuts. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, speaking in the Senate chamber, said the nation appears ...
Veal activists target Nancy Pelosi and Piatti Restaurant
In Defense of Animals' (IDA) members protested against Nancy Pelosi and one of her restaurants which she invests in, Piatti in Mill Valley, for allowing the sale of veal. IDA members and supporters have sent Leader Pelosi almost 8,000 faxes asking her to adopt a No Veal policy at all ...
Still no fiscal cliff deal in sight
After a week filled with finger pointing and increasingly caustic verbal exchanges, lawmakers in both parties left Washington, D.C. last night hoping for a breakthrough on the fiscal cliff, but seemingly more and more pessimistic about the negotiations on the tax and budget impasse. "Spending is the problem," said House ...
Night talks: Obama, Boehner meet on 'fiscal cliff'
Face to face with time running short, President Barack Obama and Republican House Speaker John Boehner negotiated at the White House on Thursday night in what aides called "frank" talks aimed at breaking a stubborn deadlock and steering the nation away from an economy-threatening "fiscal cliff." There was no sign ...
No one retreating; cliff talks seem at standstill
A year-end deadline approaching, quiet negotiations to avoid an economy-rattling "fiscal cliff" yielded no tangible signs of progress on Monday. While Republicans pressed President Barack Obama to volunteer spending cuts he will support, the White House insisted the GOP endorse higher tax rates on upper incomes. At a campaign-style event ...
'Cliff' talks: White House waiting on GOP move
Republicans have to stop using "political math" and say how much they are willing to raise tax rates on the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans and then specify the spending cuts they want, Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner said in an interview that aired Sunday. Just four weeks from the proverbial ...
It's not just taxes: Benefit cuts divide Democrats
It's not just about taxes. There's another big obstacle to overcome as Congress and President Barack Obama work to skirt the fiscal cliff: deep divisions among Senate Democrats over whether to consider cuts to popular benefit programs like Medicare and Medicaid. Much of the focus during negotiations seeking an alternative ...
Geithner, lawmakers ready for 'fiscal cliff' talks
Two of President Barack Obama's chief negotiators will meet on Thursday with congressional leaders to gauge prospects for a deal to avoid the "fiscal cliff." Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and White House legislative chief Rob Nabors will meet separately House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell of ...
First cracks in GOP resolve on tax rates
The first cracks are developing among Republicans over whether to accept a quick deal with President Barack Obama on allowing the top two income tax rates to expire, even as an administration official said the White House was stepping up behind-the-scenes negotiations. Conservative Oklahoma GOP Rep. Tom Cole told GOP ...
Official: Pelosi to remain as leader of House Dems
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she will run to keep her job as the Democratic leader in the House after a pair of elections that kept the party in the minority there even as Democrats gained seats in the Senate and a second term for President Barack Obama. ...
Democrats celebrate election victories
As a smiling group of newly elected Democrats in the U.S. House gathered for a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday, most of them were only going to play the part of a backdrop for top Democrats as they celebrated their gains in last week's elections. That is, ...
New members start Congressional orientation
Dozens of newly elected members of the 113th Congress - plus a few who might be elected, but whose races still aren't fully settled - will take their first official step on Capitol Hill Tuesday, as official Congressional orientation meetings begin, with plenty of election suspense still left in the ...
Napa man arrested on suspicion of burglarizing several homes including Pelosi's
A Napa man was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of burglarizing six residences, including House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's St. Helena house twice, a Napa County sheriff's captain said. The five burglaries in Napa County and one in Solano County occurred in the past week, Capt. Tracy Stuart said. The ...
Break-in at Nancy Pelosi's wine country home
Detectives are trying to determine if anything was stolen during a break-in at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's Northern California wine country home. Napa County Sheriff's Capt. Tracey Stuart says deputies were dispatched to the San Francisco Democrat's home outside St. Helena on Monday after receiving an alert from the ...
Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy
President Barack Obama rolled to re-election Tuesday night, vanquishing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and triumphing despite a weak economy that plagued his first term and put a crimp in the middle class dreams of millions. "This happened because of you. Thank you" Obama tweeted to supporters as he celebrated ...
Republicans ready to grasp renewed House control
Republicans had renewed control of the House within their grasp early Wednesday as the two parties traded gains from the Eastern seaboard to the Southwest. Shortly past midnight in the East, Democrats had knocked off nine GOP House members — including six members of the huge tea party-backed House GOP ...
Race tight as election night count goes to wire
President Barack Obama powered through the reliably Democratic Northeast, and Republican Mitt Romney secured his conservative base Tuesday night in a tense duel for the White House shadowed by a weak economy and high unemployment. The battlegrounds that held the keys to the White House were anything but settled — ...
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