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Another Day, Another Reason For Voters To Loathe Congress

The House Ethics Committee dismayed government watchdogs by reducing disclosure requirements for privately paid trips taken by members of Congress. Matthias Schrader/AP hide caption

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Another Day, Another Reason For Voters To Loathe Congress

July 1, 2014 • At a time when congressional approval ratings are at rock bottom, the House Ethics Committee quietly made it harder to track privately financed trips taken by members of Congress.

Pelosi Picks Democratic Team For Benghazi Panel

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said the presence of Democrats will keep the House select committee on Benghazi "fair and open and balanced." Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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Pelosi Picks Democratic Team For Benghazi Panel

May 21, 2014 • House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi's decision to play ball with the House Benghazi select committee was defensive in nature.

Democrats Play Wait-And-See On Benghazi Panel

A Libyan man is shown inside the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, after an attack that killed four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, on Sept. 11, 2012. Mohammad Hannon/AP hide caption

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Democrats Play Wait-And-See On Benghazi Panel

May 7, 2014 • Despite a call from some to boycott the GOP's newest Benghazi probe, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats aren't going that far — yet.

Will Democrats Change Their Health Law Message After Florida Loss?

Democrats may have lost the battle in a Florida special election, which Republican Rep. David Jolly (right) won and in which the Affordable Care Act figured prominently. But they don't think they have lost the health-law messaging war. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Will Democrats Change Their Health Law Message After Florida Loss?

March 13, 2014 • Democrats' Affordable Care Act message, essentially "fix it, don't nix" obviously didn't lead to victory in the Florida special election. But it doesn't look like they'll be changing their approach.

Pelosi: Let's Spend Our Energy Making Obamacare Work

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., isn't letting the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act website dampen her enthusiasm for the law. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption

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Pelosi: Let's Spend Our Energy Making Obamacare Work

October 28, 2013 • Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the House Democratic leader, forcefully delivered her party's message on the Affordable Care Act's website's woes in an interview on All Things Considered. One takeaway: She has little patience when she's asked if the enrollment deadline should be extended.

What Happens When The Speaker Isn't Talking?

President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner at the White House in November. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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What Happens When The Speaker Isn't Talking?

January 5, 2013 • The framers of the Constitution didn't spell out all the responsibilities of the speaker of the House. In practice, one of those duties has been engaging in one-on-one negotiations with a president on important policy issues. But John Boehner says no more — even with new fiscal fights looming.

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Pelosi Rival's New Ad Features Two Sacrificial Lambs, Including Himself

October 1, 2012 • Rep. Nancy Pelosi's Republican challenger, John Dennis, attacks her with a weird zombie ad. In 2010, an ad of his portrayed her as the wicked witch from the Wizard of Oz. That helped him get 15 percent of the vote.

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Court's Health Ruling Excites GOP, But Will Voters Remember In November?

June 28, 2012 • One of the greatest unknowns right now is whether the Supreme Court's decision will significantly change the public's opinion of the health care law. Until Thursday, numerous polls indicated a majority of voters opposed the law. The court's seal of approval could help change that.

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Nancy Pelosi 'Slams' Stephen Colbert's SuperPAC In 'Ad' For DISCLOSE Act

February 10, 2012 • House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi turned the tables on Stephen Colbert with a faux political ad on YouTube that calls for stopping the comedian and his superPAC by passing a bill that would that would force corporate campaign donors to reveal themselves.

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Perry's Debate Challenge To Pelosi Gives Her An Opening To Zing Him

November 17, 2011 • That Rick Perry would want to debate anyone given his own acknowledgement that he's a weak debater suggests he didn't expect Pelosi to take the bait. And he was right. Although he did give Pelosi a chance to get in a dig at his expense.

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Hope Lives For Super Panel's Success Despite Gridlock

November 3, 2011 • If second marriages are the triumph of hope over experience, so is the belief that the congressional deficit super committee in a city riven by partisan distrust will reach agreement on spending cuts by its deadline now only three weeks away.

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Pelosi's Picks Round Out Debt 'Supercomittee'

August 11, 2011 • Three forceful advocates for a progressive agenda were picked by Rep. Nancy Pelosi to fill out the supercommittee that will propose more than $1 trillion in spending cuts. Pelosi, the House minority leader, chose representatives Jim Clyburn of S. Carolina, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Xavier Becerra of California as her picks for the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction.

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The Art Of Policlicks: Politicians Can't Get Enough Of Social Media

July 28, 2011 • With the debt-ceiling hanging Damoclean over Capitol Hill, politicians may not be speaking to each other very much, but they are using the latest technogadgetry to talk with – or, at least, to --their constituents.

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Boehner, Pelosi To Obama On Camp David Debt Talks: Don't Bother

July 14, 2011 • Camp David worked for the Israeli and Egyptian peace negotiators back in 1978 who reached an historic accord there. But that was then.President Obama was considering inviting congressional debt-ceiling negotiators to the presidential retreat in Maryland's Cacoctin Mountain Park this weekend to work on reaching a final deal, according to reports.

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Nancy Pelosi. Remember Her?

April 14, 2011 • Rep. Nancy Pelosi was at the center of the political universe a year ago. Now she seems an afterthought. She wasn't even invited to the White House session of principals who made the final agreement to prevent the shutdown.

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