Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that any new economic pump-priming legislation would seek to maximize job creation while curbing deficit expansion ...
The US House of Representatives may pass a new economic stimulus bill by December 18 in a bid to combat sky-high US unemployment, ...
THE INFLUENCE GAME: In parishes and in the Capitol, Catholic bishops shape health care bill The call came in from Rome, just as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her top lieutenants were scrambling to round up scarce votes to pass their sweeping ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is flanked by Rep. Jim McDermott, right, and Rep. Jay Inslee during a news conference at Swedish Medical Center Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, in Seattle. Pelosi toured Swedish on her first public appearance after the House passed ...
U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that while she is against anti-abortion language in the House version of the health care bill, the amendment was necessary for the bill to pass. Pelosi spoke during a visit Monday to Seattle's Swedish Medical Center. ...
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, center, is joined by (L-R) Majority Whip James Clyburn, and Rep. George Miller, D-Calif. during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 in Washington after the passage in the house of the health care reform ...
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 7: Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) leaves after a press conference after a vote on healthcare on Capitol Hill November 7, 2009 in Washington, DC. The House of Representatives passed the healthcare reform bill 220 to 215 ...
In a victory for President Barack Obama, the Democratic-controlled House narrowly passed landmark health care legislation Saturday night to expand coverage to tens of millions who lack it and place tough new restrictions on the insurance industry. Republican opposition was nearly unanimous. ...
Democrats steered landmark health care legislation to the brink of passage in the House late Saturday night, spurred by a summons from President Barack Obama to "answer the call of history" and expand coverage to millions who lack it. After months of ...
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., listens to Majority Whip James Clyburn, D-S.C., left, after meeting with President Obama and House Democrats about health care on Capitol Hill in Washington, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Copyright 2009 AP News
President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century. "This is our moment to deliver. I urge members of congress ...
President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House opened debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Emerging from a closed-door meeting with the president, Speaker ...
