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A list of the most recent stories about Nancy Pelosi.
Speaker Boehner dodges a second ballot
Earlier this week I talked on the radio about how I had been told by a Republican member to keep a close eye on the vote for Speaker on the first day of the 113th Congress. After it was all over, I was prowling the hallways outside the House Chamber ...
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 ...
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 ...
Election smack on the House floor
While the Congress is done with legislative business until after the November elections, the House and Senate must still convene for pro forma sessions over the next six weeks - and Democrats took advantage of that on the House floor on Tuesday. The tactic is nothing new from either party, ...
Congress becomes the Campaign Trail
The final hours of Congress before a break for the 2012 elections featured lawmakers in both parties in full campaign mode, as the House and Senate floors turned into a bipartisan prop for election year finger pointing on Thursday with just over six weeks until Election Day. Senate Republicans started ...
Both sides scuffle over Ryan VP pick
In the wake of Mitt Romney's selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate for the 2012 elections, there is one basic question to be answered at this point - does it really change anything in this year's race for the White House? While Ryan is well known in ...
Hundreds more fall victim to Pell Grant mistake
Another chapter in the funding debacle at Florida State College at Jacksonville. 500 more students could be asked to repay their Pell Grants, bringing the total to 1,300. FSCJ did not meet federal requirements, a source of investigation by attorney Bill Scheu. He is presenting recommendations to the board this afternoon following a months-long investigation.
Supreme Court Monday
All eyes Monday morning will again be on the U.S. Supreme Court, as this week should bring what some believe may be a landmark decision on the Obama health law as well as a controversial illegal immigration law from Arizona. There are other cases still to be ruled on by ...
California's Top Two
As voters go to the polls Tuesday in California, the usual political landscape is a bit different in the various races for Congress, as a new primary system could mean a different kind of November election in some Golden State congressional districts. In most elections around the country for Congress, ...
Student Loan Interest Rate Vote
The House on Friday will vote on a bill from Republicans that would insure interest rates for student loans don't jump suddenly in July. How we got here is a very interesting peek into the politics of 2012. One week ago, the White House announced that President Obama would go ...
Supreme Court Ticket
Christmas came early for this reporter when the email arrived from the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday confirming that I have a seat with my name on it for the three days of arguments on the Obama health reform law. "This note is to confirm a press seat for the ...
GOP Payroll Tax Cut Switch
While most people were focusing on the details of President Obama's latest budget plan, House Republican leaders suddenly shifted positions on extending a payroll tax cut, announcing they would push a bill that extends the plan through the end of this year without cuts to pay for it. "This is ...
Rep. Corrine Brown: "I have always been transparent"
The debate in Washington over how to cut federal spending and reduce the national budget has been waging on for some time now, with members of Congress unable to agree on where cuts ought to be made. A Washington Post investigation revealed at least 47 members of Congress who directed taxpayer money towards ...
Ready to rumble
You Decide 2012 lands in Jacksonville. Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich have campaign events before tonight's CNN debate at UNF. We'll carry it live on WOKV beginning at 8pm. We'll have a live tweet of the debate at #jaxdebate. And we'll have a conversation on Facebook starting at 8.
Romney vs Gingrich
From Easley, South Carolina - While the polls still show Mitt Romney with a strong advantage in South Carolina, the GOP frontrunner altered his usual stump speech to throw some sharp elbows at Newt Gingrich on Wednesday, as backers of the former House Speaker believe he has new momentum in ...
House Delays Tax Cut Vote
Deciding against votes after midnight, House Republicans last night delayed action on an extension of a payroll tax cut, as GOP leaders set up a parliamentary situation that does not include a direct vote on a two month extension approved on Saturday by the Senate. "We disagree with what the ...
Newt Stays Positive
FROM FORT DODGE, IOWA - In the face of negative ads and attacks from his closest pursuers, Newt Gingrich is adopting a strategy of staying positive, as he refuses to be drawn into a classic tit-for-tat battle of negative advertising. "I know there's a ton of negative ads," Gingrich told ...
Legislative Gordian Knot
Republicans turned the screws on their own lawmakers in the House on Tuesday, muscling their version of a payroll tax cut extension bill through the House, sending it on to Democrats in the Senate who immediately declared it Dead on Arrival. "The bill just passed tonight by the House of ...
Four Weeks to Iowa
Four weeks from today, the voters in the Hawkeye State will caucus and cast the first meaningful votes in the 2012 Presidential Election; but if you look at the schedule of the GOP candidates, it's hard to figure out that's the case. Instead of campaign itinerary that feature nothing but ...
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