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September 16, 2008
"This is obviously not the best moment for Congress to rush through an energy bill. The country is caught up in a heated presidential campaign. Voters are furious at high gas prices. Republicans are happily pandering to that anger, while the Democrats fear it. And at the end of this month, just before Congress heads home for the election recess, the longstanding moratorium on offshore drilling is scheduled to expire -- providing an opportunity for more grandstanding."
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September 12, 2008
"The members of the Tibetan Parliament during a session on Friday unanimously passed a resolution, expressing gratitude to the speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, for her overwhelming support for Tibet during its critical moment, with an indomitable spirit of humane integrity and truth."
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September 10, 2008
"With the economy the No. 1 issue just eight weeks from Election Day, majority-party Democrats are trying to push a second stimulus package through Congress to follow the tax rebate checks sent out earlier this year."
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September 10, 2008
"President Bush is nothing if not consistent. In a speech on Tuesday, he made it clear that he has no plan at all for ending the war in Iraq and no serious plan for winning the war in Afghanistan."
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September 8, 2008
"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Monday that the U.S. House of Representatives will take up a second disaster relief measure by next week to help Iowans recover from floods and storms that struck the state in recent months."
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September 4, 2008
"When the lower house speakers of the Group of Eight (G-8) major countries were about to leave the monument at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park where they had just laid down wreathes of flowers, U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi made a small sign of the cross."
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August 28, 2008
"Laying the groundwork for his legislative agenda should he win the presidency, Sen. Barack Obama has begun courting the most powerful woman in U.S. politics: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)."
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August 11, 2008
"My life in politics began in a Democratic Party whose focus was almost entirely on the economy. The economic agenda I want to see is one that says: Let's not argue about trade. Let's educate, innovate and have good-paying jobs in our own country."
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August 8, 2008
"When the next U.S. president moves into the White House on Jan. 20, 2009, he shouldn't be surprised to get a call from Nancy Pelosi on Capitol Hill with a list of legislative demands."
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August 8, 2008
"Other than John McCain and Barack Obama, no U.S. politician is riding higher than Nancy Pelosi. The speaker leads the most unified party in the recent history of the House of Representatives. She might add at least a dozen, and probably more, members to her 37-seat margin this November. She played an important, if subtle, role in facilitating Obama's nomination."