Open Congress : News Articles for Rep. Nancy Pelosi [D, CA-8]

Rep. Murtha dies; critic of war in Iraq

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...issues. On Capitol Hill, Murtha was seen as speaking for those in uniform when it came to military matters. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a staunch supporter of Murtha's in Congress, recalled his service on the battlefield and in Washington. She noted tha

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Rep. John Murtha - Brady's mentor - dies

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

..."He would rather talk to a private than to a general." Under Murtha's tutelage, Brady was chosen in 2007 by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to become chairman of the powerful Committee on House Administration. In that post, often referred to as the "Mayor of

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Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...House member of all time. A protégé of legendary House Speaker Tip O'Neill and, more recently, a confidant of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Murtha swayed the lion's share of member projects in any budget year from a perch on top of the House De

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Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...House member of all time. A protégé of legendary House Speaker Tip O’Neill and, more recently, a confidant of Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Murtha swayed the lion’s share of member projects in any budget year from a perch on top of the Hous

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Rep. John Murtha dead at 77

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...the panel that oversees Pentagon spending. He completed his 36th year in Congress last week. Murtha's death leaves House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., without a key ally on defense and foreign policy issues. It also puts another Democratic congression

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Fierce Iraq war opponent Rep. John Murtha dies

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...power broker who unrepentantly delivered billions of federal dollars to his home state. A right-hand man of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, he was considered one of the most influential lawmakers on Capitol Hill and credited for her ascensi

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Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

2010-02-09T00:00:00Z

...Republicans -- for his skill in using the power of the federal purse to make kings and deals. A right-hand man of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), he was considered one of the most influential lawmakers on Capitol Hill and credited with her ascens

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2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

It is funded by groups like the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and Moveon.org, and politicians like John Murtha and Nancy Pelosi (who has also ...

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Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Murtha (D-Pa.), 77, a Vietnam veteran who staunchly supported military spending and became a master of pork-barrel politics, died today at Virginia Hospital Center following gallbladder surgery last month. This Story Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

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2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

But at a press conference last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats would pursue easier-to-pass incremental legislation during the coming ...

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Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

On Saturday, Feb. 6, the 19-term lawmaker became Pennsylvania’s longest serving member of Congress. Murtha, who served as the chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense and was known as a defense hawk, made his voice heard on U.S.

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Remembering Rep. John Murtha

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war to enter Congress and one of the House's most powerful lawmakers, died Monday afternoon at Virginia Hospital Center after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 7

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Lawmakers and Obama Eulogize Rep. John Murtha

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

...had perhaps no greater ally than House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). In fact, Pelosi endorsed Murtha over current Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) in a leadership contest to be her deputy when Democrats won control of Congress in 2006. But Hoyer defeat

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Rep. John Murtha is dead

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

...attention in 2005 when he called for the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq. Murtha also was a close ally of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and known as a powerhouse dealmaker who directed millions in federal projects to his western Pennsylvania cong

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Rep. Murtha Dead at 77

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Pennsylvania Democratic Rep. John Murtha, the first veteran of the Vietnam war to enter Congress and one of the body's most powerful lawmakers, died Wednesday morning at Virginia Hospital Center after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha was 7

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Remembering Rep. John Murtha

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Murtha dead at 77 after gallbladder surgery

2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Rep. John Murtha (D-PA), the first veteran of the Vietnam war to be elected to Congress and one of its most powerful lawmakers, died Monday afternoon at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington, Va., after complications from gallbladder surgery. Murtha

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2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

Right now President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Senator Reid hold all the levers of power. This movement has learned from Saul Alinsky that the powerless take ...

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2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other Democrats are attacking a budget plan by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) that calls for shifting future Medicaid ...

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2010-02-08T00:00:00Z

And I think (Speaker) Nancy Pelosi has actually taken the right approach in calling up a bill that will take away from the insurance companies their ...

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