Nancy Pelosi

House Republicans repudiate Obama healthcare program -- again

2013-05-16 15:39:00

WASHINGTON – House Republicans voted for the 37th time Thursday evening to repeal all or part of President Obama’s healthcare law, underscoring once again the deep partisan divide over the landmark 2010 legislation. The bill to roll back the...

Mark Sanford attributes victory to S.C.'s tradition of forgiveness

2013-05-08 09:24:00

WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford said his surprisingly strong victory in a special election Tuesday is a testament to South Carolina’s forgiving tradition, and he vowed to be a watchdog for taxpayers in his district when he returns to Congress. Sanford,...

Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat

2013-05-07 18:36:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...

Mark Sanford and the end of the GOP culture wars

2013-05-08 12:05:00

In April 1861, South Carolina fired the first shots of the Civil War. Almost exactly 152 years later, it may have fired the final shots of the Republican Party’s culture war. South Carolinians on Tuesday elected former Gov. Mark Sanford to the...

South Carolina sends Mark Sanford back to House

2013-05-08 03:30:00

WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor's office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election, holding the seat for Republicans. Sanford...

South Carolina election a dead heat, Democratic robopoll shows

2013-05-06 03:00:00

The high-profile House race between former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford and Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch is going down to the wire as a dead heat, according to a Democratic poll released Sunday night. The survey, by Public Policy Polling,...

In South Carolina, an ex-governor's quest continues

2013-05-04 22:14:00

CHARLESTON, S.C. — At a harborside reception overlooking Ft. Sumter, where the Civil War began, Mark Sanford batted away a TV reporter's question about the latest insult to his comeback campaign: an unwanted endorsement from pornographer Larry...

Obama's mission impossible

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Earlier this month, President Obama visited San Francisco and was joined by Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi for a fundraising event. In the course of the evening, Obama told the donors that he expected that after the 2014 election, Pelosi...

Gun control: Wait till next year -- or the year after

2013-04-18 14:13:00

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) formally suspended the Democrats’ drive for new�gun control�legislation Thursday, shelving his party’s bill after Wednesday’s defeat of its centerpiece, a measure for expanded background...

California Democrats gather in Sacramento to celebrate victories

2013-04-13 11:25:00

California Democrats, gathered for their annual convention in Sacramento this weekend, are expected to celebrate their victories -- holding every statewide elected office, winning super majorities in both houses of the Legislature in November and...

Pelosi says immigration reform will be finished by summer recess

2013-04-13 14:22:00

SACRAMENTO -- Pointing to an agreement reached between farmworker unions and growers on a migrant worker program, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Saturday that she expects immigration reform to be completed before Congress takes its summer recess....

McManus: Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?

2013-04-10 00:00:00

President Obama won't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and AARP have been howling all week about something they expect to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters? He's...

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi claps as the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, is presented with a cake in honor of his 96th birthday during a special reception Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

President Barack Obama, walking with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), leaves a meeting at the U.S. Capitol with the House Democratic Caucus, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Earlier in the day, President Obama also met with the Senate Republican Conference.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi, right, speaks about Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, middle, during a roundtable of female leaders in Beverly Hills in early April. At left is Sen. Barbara Boxer.

2013-04-04 00:00:00