Rep. Nancy Pelosi

Democrat  •  8th District, California  •  12th Term  •  Sworn In 1987
Current Term 2009 - 2010 View All
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02/09/10
Rep. Murtha dies; critic of war in Iraq

...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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02/09/10
Rep. John Murtha - Brady's mentor - dies

..."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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02/09/10
Fierce Iraq war opponent Rep. John Murtha dies

...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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02/09/10
Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker

...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

Source: AXcess News
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02/09/10
Rep. John Murtha: lifelong hawk, military backer, brazen earmarker

...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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02/09/10
Rep. John Murtha dead at 77

...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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02/09/10
Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

...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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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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 ...

Source: USA Today
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02/08/10
Remembering Rep. John Murtha

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

Source: FOX News
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

"President Obama, (House Speaker Nancy) Pelosi and Senator (Harry) Reid have the philosophy that we can grow government, borrow, spend and tax our way to ...

Source: FOXNews
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02/08/10
Remembering Rep. John Murtha

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

Source: FOX News
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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 ...

Source: Washington Post
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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 ...

Source: FITSNews
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02/08/10
Obama could change tone

...deal." By contrast, he continued, over the last year House Republicans have felt that "they've really been stiff-armed by Speaker (Nancy) Pelosi. Now, I know you're not in charge of that chamber, but there really is this dynamic of, frankly, being shut

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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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 ...

Source: California Healthline
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02/08/10
Latta: Job creation should be priority

...on social projects. "Unfortunately, I think Congress wasted an entire year," Latta said. "Last year, all the president, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid wanted to talk about was health care. "No one says we shouldn't be talking about health care, but the mos

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02/08/10
Rep. John Murtha dead at 77 after gallbladder surgery

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

Source: New York Post
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02/08/10
Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

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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02/08/10
Rep. John Murtha is dead

...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

Source: USA Today
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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

Source: Washington Times
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02/08/10
Rep. John Murtha dies at 77

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.

Source: The Hill
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02/08/10
Rep. Murtha Dead at 77

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

Source: FOX News
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02/08/10
Lawmakers and Obama Eulogize Rep. John Murtha

...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

Source: FOX News
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

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 ...

Source: FOXNews (blog)
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02/08/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

Still, Cantor says he is “doubtful” that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) will “go along with any of this.” “Speaker Pelosi controls the gates to the ...

Source: National Review Online (blog)
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02/07/10
Broder column: Obama can help improve Congress

It was toward the end of President Obama's riveting visit on Jan. 29 with the House Republicans in Baltimore -- a rare 90 minutes of candor on both sides that produced the most fascinating and revealing politics in memory -- when Rep. Peter Roskam of

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02/07/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

“In a district where voters don't want big government or high taxes, he goes along with [Speaker Nancy] Pelosi,” Mazzola said. “He voted against health care ...

Source: Buffalo News
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02/07/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) held rank-and-file Democrats to a near party-line vote and defeated Republican efforts to end the bailout spending ...

Source: American Chronicle
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02/06/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

She gave a shout-out to the new senator from Massachusetts, Scott Brown, and threw some light jabs at Nancy Pelosi, President Obama and Rahm Emanuel. ...

Source: CBS News (blog)
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02/06/10
RE: Nancy Pelosi

If conservatives want to guarantee permanent control of Congress for Nancy Pelosi and re-election for Barack Obama in 2012, one great way to help them ...

Source: American Federalist Journal (blog)
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Official website: http://www.house.gov/pelosi/
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235 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-4965
Fax: 202-225-8259

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