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Rep. Nancy Pelosi recognizes Harvey Milk day
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) on Tuesday called on Americans to “ensure that our laws reflect our national promise of equality and justice for all” in the spirit of Harvey Milk. “On Harvey Milk Day, the state of California officially honors the life and legacy of a leader dedicated to…
Nancy Pelosi pays tribute to Adam Yauch
Former Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) released a statement on Saturday evening paying tribute to musician and activist Adam Yauch, according to a post at Talking Points Memo. Yauch was a founding member of seminal rap and rock group The Beastie Boys who shed his party-boy image…
Michelle Malkin: Pelosi invoking founding fathers makes me gag
Conservative commentator and founder of Twitchy.com Michelle Malkin appeared on Thursday morning’s edition of Fox and Friends to attack President Obama’s green energy policies and to rail against Nancy Pelosi’s invocation of the Founding Fathers with regards to the Affordable Care Act. The In Defense of Internment author and Fox…
Pelosi pushes for DISCLOSE Act: Colbert must be stopped
Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (CA) released a satirical video on Thursday that urges Americans to support the DISCLOSE Act by attacking comedian Stephen Colbert and his super PAC. “Stephen Colbert used to be my friend,” she says in the video. “I even signed the poor baby’s cast when he hurt…
Gingrich: ‘File charges’ against Pelosi if she releases dirt on me
Update: Gingrich ethics files are actually public information Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich sounds a little worried that Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi might follow through with her threat to divulge details of his past transgressions. “If she’s suggesting that she’s going to use materials that she developed when she was…
Virginia GOP emails zombie collage featuring Obama shot in head
Virginia Republicans spent Monday in damage control after the state party was forced to condemn an email sent around to some of its supporters featuring a zombie collage that depicted President Barack Obama shot in the head. In what’s clearly a Halloween-themed mailer, an image of a zombie horde from…
Pelosi: Scott Brown’s ‘clueless’ comments on Warren ‘disrespectful to women’
One person not pleased with Sen. Scott Brown’s comments on Elizabeth Warren’s appearance is Nancy Pelosi. In an interview with Christiane Amanpour on ABC’s This Week, the House Minority Leader addressed several issues, from supporting President Barack Obama’s jobs bill to slamming Eric Cantor for his comments criticizing the Occupy…
Lawrence O’Donnell blasts ‘little’ Breitbart’s sexist remarks
MSNBC host Lawrence O’Donnell on Monday slammed Andrew Breitbart for calling Rep. Nancy Pelosi a “bitch” and saying comedian Janeane Garofalo was “Hollywood’s sympathy fuck.” Breitbart made the comments Friday at the Chicago Tea Party’s TeaCon 2011 Convention in Schaumburg. “When I see him on that stage I see little…
Obama wants jobs bill vote this month
US President Barack Obama on Monday piled new pressure on Congress to pass his $447 billion jobs bill, saying he wanted Congress to vote on the measure this month. The president said in a cabinet meeting that it was time for lawmakers to act on the plan, a mix of…
House to end 180-year-old ‘page’ program
WASHINGTON — Bringing the curtain down on a nearly 200-year-old tradition, leaders of the US House of Representatives announced Monday that they were doing away with the chamber’s “page” program. Republican House Speaker John Boehner and Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi cited the high cost of the program as…
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