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"Congress is now within reach of a breakthrough energy bill that would reduce both America's dependence on foreign oil and its emissions of the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. House passage later this week is virtually certain. Senate approval depends on whether the majority leader, Harry Reid, and the minority leader, Mitch McConnell, can corral a half-dozen votes among moderate Republicans to resist a threatened filibuster."

"The general who led U.S. forces in Iraq after the invasion launched by Republican President George W. Bush spoke out for Democrats on Saturday, backing legislation aimed at withdrawing American troops."

"Vowing to make public all the facts behind a Nov. 7 oil spill in San Francisco Bay - and the questionable Coast Guard response - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Monday she will request a new investigation by the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security."

"With its vote on Wednesday in favor of a bill to outlaw discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation, the House scored a significant, if long overdue, breakthrough for equality and fairness. The Senate should now pass its own bill, and President Bush should sign this guarantee into law."

"The House on Wednesday approved a bill granting broad protections against discrimination in the workplace for gay men, lesbians and bisexuals, a measure that supporters praised as the most important civil rights legislation since the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 but that opponents said would result in unnecessary lawsuits."

In a Washington Examiner op-ed, Speaker Pelosi said: "We strive to find common ground where we can. Where we cannot, we will stand our ground. With faith in the future, the new direction Congress will continue making progress for America. With faith in God, I know we will succeed."

"House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with top officials at Austin Energy, U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, and members of the Austin City Council today to learn about the city's strategies to reduce carbon emissions and promote the use of renewable energy."

"In the year since the Democrats won control of the House for the first time in a dozen years, Pelosi has made it clear that while she is an activist -- a decisive and partisan Speaker who often gets involved in the nitty-gritty details of legislation -- she also is a pragmatist who is unafraid to disappoint her liberal base in the cause of maintaining or even expanding her party's House majority in 2008 and beyond."