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The Hill: Pelosi blasts Trump's transgender order: 'Hatred will never defeat pride'
July 27, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s call to ban all transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military and vowed to fight the president’s proposal.
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Washington Post: Americans deserve better than the GOP agenda, so we’re offering a better deal
July 24, 2017
Last week, our nation marked six months since President Trump’s inauguration. For the first time in a decade, the GOP had the White House, Congress and complete control of the legislative process to advance its agenda. But instead of creating good-paying jobs, or rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure, or advancing tax reform, Republicans have spent six months trying to raise Americans’ health costs to fund tax breaks for billionaires.
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The Hill: Pelosi blasts GOP for budget delays
June 20, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Monday slammed congressional Republicans for failing to produce a budget resolution.

"Almost five months into the Trump Administration, House Republicans still haven't met their most basic responsibility to pass a budget," Pelosi said.

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The Hill: Pelosi blasts start of appropriations without top line budget
June 12, 2017
Congressional appropriators will kick off their process of marking up spending bills Monday evening, despite not having a top line budget number to guide their spending.

Normally, appropriators start marking up spending bills after the passage of a budget resolution, which sets the amounts appropriators divvy up to various programs.

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Associated Press: Pelosi says Trump needs thicker skin
May 18, 2017
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi is mocking President Donald Trump's complaints about unfair treatment by the news media.

Pelosi herself has long been a target of Republican criticism. She scoffed at Trump's claim that he's been treated "more unfairly" than any politician in history, saying Thursday, "Get some thick skin, OK?"

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ABC News: US reps, Dalai Lama take aim at China sore spot Tibet
May 11, 2017
As President Donald Trump appears to be warming to China, a bipartisan group from the U.S. House of Representatives took aim Wednesday at one of Beijing's sore spots: Tibet.

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AP: Pelosi Pushes For Special Panel On Trump Russia Investigation
May 11, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is threatening to use a parliamentary maneuver to force a vote on a bill that would create an independent panel to investigate possible contacts between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.
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Reuters: U.S. lawmakers visit Dalai Lama, highlight situation in Tibet
May 9, 2017

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Washington Post: Here’s how congressional Democrats plan to mark Trump’s first 100 days
April 27, 2017
President Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history — and Democrats are hoping to keep it that way.

While negotiating this week with the White House on a plan to avoid a government shutdown and strongly opposed to any new plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senate Minority

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POLITICO: Pelosi says Obamacare repeal effort is backfiring
April 20, 2017
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said today that ongoing House Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act are backfiring and boosting support for the law.

During a stop here, Pelosi pointed to recent protests at some GOP lawmakers' town hall meetings and predicted more people will be covered under the law a year from now.