One of the more illuminating remarks during the health-care debate in Congress came when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told an audience that Democrats would “pass the bill so you can find out what’s in it, away from the fog of controversy.” That remark captured the truth that, while many Americans have a vague sense...
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Pelosi, The Most Corrupt Politician – The Weekly Standard
TWS: Madam Speaker, do you support the measure to put the final House bill online for 72 hours before its voted on at the very end? PELOSI: Absolutely. Without question. read the rest here… The Weekly Standard.
Poll: Only 34 percent of Californians approve of Pelosi’s performance – The Hill’s Blog Briefing Room
Empty head speaker of the house, empty head president of Obamica. So proud of our first woman speaker and semi-black president. How could you not be? A poll released over the weekend shows that only 34 percent of Californians approve of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) job performance, down 14 points from March. read...
Zsa Zsa Pelosi – Pelosi to NRCC: ‘I’m In My Place. Im the Speaker of the House.’
YouTube – Pelosi to NRCC: ‘I’m In My Place. Im the Speaker of the House.’.
Rep. Bachmann Exposes Federal ACORN Refunding
YouTube – Rep. Bachmann Exposes Federal ACORN Refunding.
John Fund: Acorn Should Not Get Federal Funds – WSJ.com
Acorn’s allies in Congress have long stopped every move to rein it in. Rep. Steve King R., Iowa, for example, has tried six times to get House floor votes restricting Acorn’s access to federal funds but has been blocked by Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s hand-picked Rules Committee members. Some Democrats have grumbled. Michigan’s John Conyers,...
Group questions Catholic funeral for Kennedy OneNewsNow.com
He adds that while Senator Kennedy called himself Catholic, like Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Joe Biden, they are actually wolves in sheep’s clothing. “They do not hold to the teaching of the church. They, in fact, take every opportunity seemingly to contradict the teaching of our church,” Euteneuer says....
Strassel: Pelosi’s Pork Problem – WSJ.com
Picture a freight train roaring down the tracks. Picture House Speaker Nancy Pelosi positioning her party on the rails. Picture a growing stream of nervous souls diving for the weeds. Picture all this, and you’ve got a sense of the Democrats’ earmark-corruption problem. via Strassel: Pelosi’s Pork Problem – WSJ.com.
The Cap and Tax Fiction – WSJ.com
To get support for his bill, Mr. Waxman was forced to water down the cap in early years to please rural Democrats, and then severely ratchet it up in later years to please liberal Democrats. The CBO’s analysis looks solely at the year 2020, before most of the tough restrictions kick in. As the...
