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January 14, 2009
"As Barack Obama prepares to take office, lawmakers on Capitol Hill are busy debating matters from health care to stimulus plans and financial bailouts. But an initiative that would provide health insurance for millions of children may have been overshadowed -- an initiative that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expects will pass."
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January 12, 2009
" President-elect Barack Obama is not the Washington pol capable of a little tech savvy. In a sign of the increasing influence of the Internet on politics, Congress has officially established a presence on YouTube."
Articles
January 12, 2009
“While we may not see eye to eye on everything, one thing we can agree on is the importance of utilizing technology to communicate with our constituents,” Pelosi says in the video."
Articles
January 7, 2009
"President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are already signaling a welcome new seriousness in Washington about protecting civil rights after eight years of erosion."
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January 7, 2009
"The House speaker's office churns out reams of paper every day -- from political press releases and “fact sheets” to more mundane summaries of legislation on the floor. Much of it bears the stamp of two little-known longtime aides, Margaret Capron and Kit Judge, who have each devoted the better part of two decades to helping House Democrats distill complex policy proposals into easy-to-digest talking points."
Articles
January 7, 2009
"Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) praises the duo for “the breadth of their knowledge and their commitment to public service,” adding, “They are simply indispensable to the efforts of the Democratic Caucus.”
Articles
January 7, 2009
"President-elect Barack Obama and Democrats in Congress are already signaling a welcome new seriousness in Washington about protecting civil rights after eight years of erosion."
Articles
January 6, 2009
"Nancy Pelosi, whose steel-and-satin political style was shaped by a childhood in the Democratic clubhouses of Baltimore and the chardonnay fundraising circuit in 1980s San Francisco, is living the paradox of a politician whose dreams are about to come true."
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January 6, 2009
"After Representative Nancy Pelosi was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives this afternoon, she warned her membership that the responsibility they accepted were as 'daunting and demanding as any that previous generations of leadership have faced.'"
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January 6, 2009
"After Representative Nancy Pelosi was re-elected speaker of the House of Representatives this afternoon, she warned her membership that the responsibility they accepted were as “daunting and demanding as any that previous generations of leadership have faced.”"