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The Washington Post editorial board on Wednesday night slammed House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for pushing to permanently extend "middle class" tax cuts for people earning up to $1 million, warning that it makes Democrats look "almost as irresponsible" as Republicans defending tax cuts for the rich.In an editorial titled "Nancy Pelosi's risky pander on taxes," the Pos...

HOUSE MINORITY Leader Nancy Pelosi has an interesting definition of what constitutes the middle class. She believes it includes people earning anything less than $1 million a year — at least when it comes to tax cuts. Read full article >>

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants Speaker John Boehner to bring a vote on a permanent extension of the tax rates for the middle class as early as next week. In a letter being released Wednesday, the California Democrat said the revenues for raising tax rates for those earning more than $1 million a year could be used to help pay down the deficit. “It is unacceptable to hold tax cuts for ...

She’s as confident as ever, but this could be the last time Nancy Pelosi leads House Democrats into an election

Will she stay or will she go? And does she want to serve again as Speaker of the House? Ask House Democrats about the political future of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and they claim they don’t know whether she will stick around after the November elections or retire after 25 years in Congress. (Ask them whether they want her to stay, and they’re likely to dodge the que...

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:00 P.M. EDT MR. CARNEY:  Before I take your questions, I have an announcement.  Tomorrow morning, the President will visit a small business in the D.C. area, where he will urge Congress to act on his "To-Do" list, specifically highlighting the need to invest in small businesses and jumpstart new hiring by passing legislation that gives a 10 percent inc...

President Barack Obama would veto a measure proposed by House Republicans to extend lower interest rates on federal student loans because it would take money from a health care fund that benefits women and children, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Friday.

Salon talks to the star of HBO's "Veep" about Nancy Pelosi, the joy of swearing and fans' endless "Seinfeld" quotes

Some folks are already looking ahead to the presidential race in 2016. Nancy Pelosi has joined the chorus of voters who believe Hillary Clinton should run for president in 2016. Pelosi joins Donald Trump, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and (surprise, surprise) Bill Clinton who have said they would absolutely support Mrs. Clinton if she [...]

CAIRO (AP) -- Ties between the U.S. and Egypt, severely tested when Egypt charged Americans working for democracy-building groups with illegal activity, remain strong, said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi....

There is no sympathy for dissident republican paramilitaries in the Irish-American community, a prominent member of the US Congress said in Dublin yesterday. Congressman Richard Neal was visiting Dublin as part of a congressional delegation headed by minority leader Nancy Pelosi.

Nancy Pelosi, who is speaking at Trinity College Dublin today, is a woman of many firsts

The late-night TV satirist will welcome Nancy Pelosi, Ann Patchett, Robert Kagan and Placido Domingo this week

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Does House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi have dark secrets about GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich?...

Former House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi (pictured) issued the cryptic threat last night during an interview with CNN's John King.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi dismissed GOP presidential front-runner Mitt Romney, stating he poses no threat to President Obama's re-e ...

In an interview with GigaOm's Coleen Taylor, publisher Tim O'Reilly explains what's so wrong about SOPA: I talked with Nancy Pelosi about SOPA the other day, and she said that the experience with piracy is different for people in the movie industry. Maybe — I’m not a movie producer. But I do know that right [...]

Newt Gingrich spent yesterday afternoon rubbing elbows with Donald Trump before collecting what he hopes is an additional boost from former Herman Cain supporters.

While SOPA supporters have tried to present the copyright bill as a bipartisan effort to stop the "theft" of copyrighted material, the bipartisan opposition has been building fast this week. Today, House minority speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has come out against it, too, saying on Twitter that "we need to find a better solution."

 Embattled Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain faces another controversy for his remark about former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. INSIDE EDITION has the latest.  

On a recent Friday, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, showed up for her morning power walk along the Potomac. It was nine o’clock, and she had been up for hours. She had read several newspapers. Her lipstick was perfect, her hair was . . .