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"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Israel Friday to mark the 60th anniversary of Israel's founding."

"She's the highest-ranking woman official in U.S. history -- the first female speaker of the House of Representatives and second in line to the presidency. But Nancy Pelosi says none of that tops being a mother and grandmother."

"The House yesterday approved an ambitious plan to rescue hundreds of thousands of homeowners at risk of foreclosure by helping them trade exotic loans with rapidly rising monthly payments for more affordable mortgages backed by the federal government."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's party couldn't bring troops home from Iraq and Congress's public approval ratings are near a record low. Still, the California lawmaker has emerged as the most powerful Democratic House leader since Tip O'Neill."

"In late March, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was about to lose a vote on one of her pet projects: an ethics panel to monitor lawmakers' behavior. Despite her entreaties, Rep. Bob Filner, a fellow California Democrat, refused to change his mind, according to people who were there."

"Who wouldn't support an effort to pay for college for G.I.'s who have willingly suited up and put their lives on the line, who in many cases have served multiple tours in combat zones and in some cases have been wounded?"

"Americans don't have to wait for the statistics to know these are very hard times. For the fourth month in a row, the economy lost jobs in April. The economists said the contraction was not as bad as expected -- 20,000 jobs were shed versus an anticipated loss of 75,000. Not as bad as expected is cold comfort."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi spoke to some 1,100 Miami Dade College North graduates about realizing the American dream."