Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Democrat  •  8th District, California  •  13th Term  •  Sworn In 1987
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02/08/12
Stock Act Confusion

The House version takes aim at House minority leader, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) by banning lawmakers from using their positions to gain special access to initial public offerings of stock. Pelosi denies these claims. The GOP plan ignores an ...

Source: Helicopter Association International
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02/08/12
U.S. Republicans introduce version of bill to ban insider trading

Part of the bill introduced late Tuesday takes direct aim at House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi by proposing to ban lawmakers ... That was especially galling to Rep. Louise Slaughter, D-N.Y., who has been trying to get an insider trading bill passed ...

Source: Brandon Sun
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02/08/12
House GOP introduces its insider trading bill

In a provision aimed directly at Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, the bill, introduced late Tuesday ... That was especially galling to Rep. Louise Slaughter, New York Democrat, who has been trying to get an insider trading bill passed for ...

Source: Washington Times
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02/08/12
Look who's sweetening Rep. Keating's pie

Your Feb. 3 article about Rep. Keating's 2011 campaign fundraising piqued my ... and the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative PAC ($1,000). Nancy Pelosi for Congress also chipped in $4,000. I challenge readers to ask around and see if ...

Source: Cape Cod Times
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02/08/12
Americans Now Prefer Random Assortment Of Strangers, Rather Than Congress, To Run Country

...jemiltd: Hmmm, not a bad idea. I want to limit House You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Nancy Pelosi will go down as a very effective Speaker of the House who passed legislatio­n with a (majority of the House voting

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02/08/12
Look who's sweetening Rep. Keating's pie

...($1,000), Sugar Cane Growers Cooperative PAC ($500) and the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative PAC ($1,000). Nancy Pelosi for Congress also chipped in $4,000. I challenge readers to ask around and see if they know anyone on Cape Cod who is a Shee

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02/08/12
House GOP unveils insider trading ban bill

...special access to initial public offerings due to their positions. That provision was aimed directly at Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, whose husband participated in a Visa IPO around the same time Congress was considering a bill on credit card fees. Pe

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02/08/12
Peter Schweizer: Dump STOCK, go with RESTRICT Act to clean up DC

...abysmally low standard.” Several leaders in Congress have repeatedly sought earmarks that benefit their personal investments. Nancy Pelosi pushed for a $20 million earmark in 2005 “for waterfront redevelopment only two blocks away from the Belden St

Source: Kaus Files
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02/08/12
House GOP Moves to Add ‘Pelosi Provision’ to Bill Banning Insider Trading

...members of Congress from landing coveted and lucrative initial public offerings (IPOs), similar to the Visa stock IPO Rep. Nancy Pelosi and her husband Paul Pelosi scored that made them a staggering 203% profit. The Pelosi Visa IPO revelation made headl

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02/08/12
Washington Post: Breitbart Editor’s Book Uncovered Nancy Pelosi’s $50 Million Self-Enriching Earmarks

...process of slipping pet spending projects into bills–for all 535 members of Congress and has concluded that Rep. Nancy Pelosi added $50 million in earmarks for a light-rail project that runs near a four-story commercial building she and her husband ow

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02/08/12
Reaction to the ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban

...state legislatures and in the courts, and work in Congress to repeal and overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act." Rep. Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. _ "Today's decision is important to that young me that never dreamt that I would wake up in a country

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02/08/12
Dr. Peters (canonist) on Nancy Pelosi (public abortion absolutist)

...mighty Canonical Defender, Prof. Ed Peters, has posted on his excellent blog In The Light Of The Law a comment about Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) statement that, as a Catholic, she will stand with the Obama Administration against the Catholic Church. As

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02/08/12
Washington Post Points Fingers At Earmarkers

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-California) 2001-11, $50 million for a light-rail project for direct access to Union Square and Chinatown in San Francisco. Her husband owns a commercial building near Union Square. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-West Virginia) 2005, $20 million

Source: Lez Get Real
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02/07/12
Ban on Insider Trading Faces G.O.P. Revisions

Republicans call this “the Pelosi provision” because, they say, it was inspired by an investment in 2008 by Representative Nancy Pelosi of California, who was then the speaker and is now the House Democratic leader. An aide to Ms. Pelosi ...

Source: New York Times
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02/07/12
US House insider trading bill takes dig at Pelosi

WASHINGTON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives will take an election-year dig at top Democrat Nancy Pelosi in changes added ... meant to ban insider trading," said Congressman Tim Walz, a Minnesota Democrat ...

Source: Reuters
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02/07/12
House insider trading bill takes dig at Pelosi

Republicans in the House of Representatives will take an election-year dig at top Democrat Nancy Pelosi in changes added to a fast ... to be writing a bill meant to ban insider trading," said Congressman Tim Walz, a Minnesota Democrat who had reintroduced

Source: msnbc.com
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02/07/12
Politico: Is Nancy Pelosi A 2012 Asset, or Not?

The latest to leave is Rep. Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), who got a country butt ... “What I think is really lost here is a lot of the retirements were preordained the minute Nancy Pelosi decided to run again for speaker,” one retiring centrist ...

Source: News Busters
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02/07/12
Washington Post report finds that members of Congress steer earmarks close to home

Nancy Pelosi is among 33 lawmakers who have funneled spending ... federal earmarks to renovate downtown Tuscaloosa near his own commercial office building. A congressman from Georgia also secured $6.3 million in taxpayer funds to improve a beach just ...

Source: GlobalPost
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02/07/12
California's Same-Sex Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional, Court Says

Update at 1:35 p.m. ET. Pelosi Reacts: Rep. Nancy Pelosi of California, the top Democrat in the House, says on her Twitter page that Prop 8 was ruled to be "what we knew it to be: unconstitutional. Victory for equality & CA families!" Update at 1:25 ...

Source: WAMU
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02/07/12
Reaction to the ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban

...legislatures and in the courts, and work in Congress to repeal and overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act." Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. - "Today's decision is important to that young me that never dreamt that I would wake up in a country where I

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02/07/12
Reaction to the ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban

...legislatures and in the courts, and work in Congress to repeal and overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act." Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. - "Today's decision is important to that young me that never dreamt that I would wake up in a country where I

Source: WTHR
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02/07/12
Reaction to the Ruling on Calif's Gay Marriage Ban

...legislatures and in the courts, and work in Congress to repeal and overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act." Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. — "Today's decision is important to that young me that never dreamt that I would wake up in a country where

Source: ABC News
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02/07/12
Reaction to the ruling on Calif's gay marriage ban

...legislatures and in the courts, and work in Congress to repeal and overturn the so-called Defense of Marriage Act." Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. - "Today's decision is important to that young me that never dreamt that I would wake up in a country where I

Source: Kansas.com
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02/07/12
Rep. Kay Granger’s $52 million for Trinity River makes list of Congressional ‘earmarks’ for projects near members’ property

...where Shelby just happens to own an office building. Granger had to settle for second, edging out California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, who believed Americans were anxious to part with $50 million to provide light rail for Union Square and Chinatown

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02/07/12
Arkansans candidate backs sensible gun measures

...might help his lightly financed race against U.S. Rep. Steve Womack. Aden, who has already met with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi and other party officials in Washington, has strong views on guns. He collects them, and say he knows what damage th

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02/07/12
Blue Dog Dems Leaving Congress Because of Pelosi’s Negatives

...2010, Nancy Pelosi starred in $75 million worth of negative ads that helped Republicans win control of the House and wrest the speaker’s gavel from her. Now, the relative handful of moderate Democrats left say the fear of a rerun helps explain why so

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02/06/12
Democrats Wonder: Is Pelosi Friend or Foe?

...the 2010 congressional elections, House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi made a perfect piñata for Republican candidates. They blasted out $75 million worth of negative ads against her that helped the GOP regain control of the House, Politico reports. The

Source: NewsMax
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02/06/12
Obama spokesman hints at concession over church health care mandate

...despite a hostile reaction to the directive by some liberal media outlets and some of Obama’s grassroots supporters. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader in the House, briefly defended the policy when questioned at a Hill press conference. “Firs

Source: Kaus Files
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02/06/12
Santorum And Gingrich Continue Attacks On 'Romneycare'

...about one issue — Medicare — and his party "is in a much better place than anyone thought we would be" to put Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) back in the speaker's chair. "This is going to be razor sharp," Democratic Congressional Campaign C

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02/06/12
Q&A with Canadian opponent of Keystone

...that we went, just for speaking to our American counterparts. My colleague, NDP MP Megan Leslie, and I met with the staffs of Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. John Kerry. We also met with Sens. Bernie Sanders and Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Henry Waxman, the

Source: MarketWatch
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