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Pelosi on raising Medicare age: ‘It’s a scalp’ for Republicans, ‘not a solution’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) says raising the eligibility age for Medicare benefits is just a political “trophy” for Republicans because the idea would not strengthen the program. “We don’t want to hurt beneficiaries,” Pelosi told CNN’s Candy Crowley on Sunday. “We certainly want to strengthen Medicare, Social Security,…
Pelosi demands minimum wage increase after massive stock market gains
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that after witnessing Wall Street reach all-time highs this week, it’s time to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour. “This week, we saw something quite remarkable, the stock market soaring to record heights. At the same time, we see productivity…
Watch live: Pelosi holds press conference on budget cuts
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi discusses Friday’s sequester deadline on Capitol Hill. Watch live, broadcast via NBC News on Feb. 28. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Pelosi: GOP’s insistence on more spending cuts a ‘false argument’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed back against the assertion that deep spending cuts are necessary to pare down the federal deficit and avoid the looming sequestration, saying on Fox News Sunday that such a policy would harm job growth and ultimatley expand the deficit. Host Chris Wallace led…
Pelosi: Fiscal cliff deal ‘is not enough on the revenue side’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said on CBS’ Face the Nation that the fiscal cliff deal does not mean that Congress is done looking for new tax revenue. Pelosi said the deal struck “is not enough on the revenue side,” although it was significant. “We’ve already agreed to a…
5 Questions For: House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on women’s issues and money in politics
Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was the first female Speaker of the House and, when the House majority became Republican in 2010, she remained House Minority Leader for the Democratic caucus. She convened a roundtable discussion with bloggers at the Democratic National Convention on Monday. Raw Story only got two questions…
Pelosi renews call for constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United
In a conference call, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters, “We must amend the constitutional to fix Citizens United.” Her latest call to action was spurred by Monday’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Montana’s 1912 law limiting corporate spending in political campaigns based on its 2010 Citizens United…
Pelosi: I would have pushed single-payer, but health reform ‘worth it’
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Thursday that she had no regrets about helping pass President Barack Obama’s health care reform bill. “Your party lost power in 2010, you lost your speakership, you spent a lot of time on this bill, even Democratic leaders in the House and Senate…
Republican Rep. suggests Pelosi is mentally ill for worrying about voter suppression
A Republican South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy on Thursday suggested that House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was “mind-numbingly stupid” and possibly mentally ill after she claimed that his party was attacking Attorney General Eric Holder because he was fighting attempts to suppress minority voters. Pelosi had told reporters that…
Pelosi says Hillary Clinton is ‘our shot’ for 2016
In an interview published Sunday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) calls Secretary of State Hillary Clinton “our shot” for Democrats in the 2016 presidential election, saying that after Clinton has taken time off to relax and reflect, she’ll find the prospect of national leadership irresistable. “Why wouldn’t she run?”…
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