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20 Mar 2010, 4:24 pm
Don’t do it for Nancy Pelosi or Harry Reid. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 12:02 pm
UPDATE: "Democratic lawmakers and an aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., say they've dropped plans for an indirect vote that would have relied on a legislative maneuver to give their OK to the Senate's version of health care legislation. [read post]
20 Mar 2010, 9:55 am
Suppose that, sometime this evening or tomorrow morning, Nancy Pelosi concludes that she is not going to have the 216 votes she needs to get the Senate health care bill through the House. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 1:10 pm
Nancy Pelosi goes all Catholic. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 9:41 am
"In a letter Thursday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Republican Leader John Boehner of Ohio, Caterpillar urged lawmakers to vote against the plan 'because of the substantial cost burdens it would place on our shareholders, employees and retirees.' Caterpillar, the world's largest construction machinery manufacturer by sales, said it's particularly opposed to provisions in the bill that would expand Medicare taxes and mandate insurance… [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 9:30 am
Late yesterday House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made public the final text of the health care bill that the House is set to vote on this weekend. [read post]
19 Mar 2010, 8:04 am
Ohio Democrat John Boccieri abandoned his alleged "pro-life" position and his "no" vote in the fall to announce his support for Nancy Pelosi and Obamacare this morning.You can best respond with a contribution to his... [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 8:25 pm
The stage now appears to be set for the House of Representatives to vote as early as Sunday on the Reconciliation Act of 2010 (H.R. 4872), the latest version of health care reform backed by President Obama, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other key Congressional Democrats. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 3:56 pm
“Speaking of Congress, the new Gallup Poll also finds that barely 16% of Americans approve of its job while 80% (as in eight out of every ten Americans) now disapprove of the work being done by both bodies and their Democratic leaders, Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 2:22 pm
LGBT activism ramped up today with three different actions occurring: 1) A "blogswarm" on ENDA targeting House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, 2) a sit-in by ENDA activists in Speaker Pelosi's DC and SF offices, and 3) the arrest of Lt. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 10:04 am
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in teh fight of her political life and legacy. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 7:46 am
Many LGBT and progressive bloggers are asking their readers to call the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to ask that the Employment Non-Discrimination Act move forward to a vote in March, as some sponsors had promised. [read post]
18 Mar 2010, 7:40 am
Ezra: If you want to see how Nancy Pelosi gets the votes, Kucinich offers a hint. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 8:55 pm
The Washington Post reports that, in order to avoid having her members have to actually vote on the Senate version of the bill, Nancy Pelosi is leaning towards using the "sleight of hand" maneuver known as deem and pass:The House would vote on a more popular package of fixes to the Senate bill; under the House rule for that vote, passage would signify that lawmakers "deem" the health-care bill to be passed. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 4:00 pm
It reached a ridiculous level of misinformation and disinformation over the use of reconciliation, and now threatens to top that level over the projected use of a self-executing rule by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 11:33 am
I realize I'm not a politician, but I think I would have come up with a better explanation for the use of "deem and pass" than, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi put it, "because people don't have to vote on the Senate bill. [read post]
16 Mar 2010, 10:30 am
I hope that hearing from advocates such as Nancy Pelosi will lead some people to recognize that slippery slope consequences are worth thinking about. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 7:00 pm
Ezra Klein reports that Speaker Nancy Pelosi hopes to avoid asking House Democrats to vote directly on the Senate health care reform bill; instead, she will incorporate the bill by reference in the House reconciliation bill, which will then be sent to the Senate:Rather than passing the Senate bill and then passing the fixes, the House will pass the fixes under a rule that says the House "deems" the Senate bill passed after the House passes the fixes.The virtue of this,… [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 10:07 am
Right now, probably Nancy Pelosi. [read post]
15 Mar 2010, 9:19 am
If they had the votes, Nancy Pelosi would call the bill to the floor and vote on it. [read post]
