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Subscribe to RSSUpdated 10:42 a.m. - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told fellow House Democrats today that she will run to keep her leadership position, likely extending her tenure as Democratic leader for another two years.
Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. gestures during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2102, with newly elected Democratic House members.
"I have made a decision to submit my name to my colleagues to once again serve as the House Democratic leader," Pelosi said Wednesday at a press conference following a meeting with fellow Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
On the 10th anniversary of her election as Democratic leader, Pelosi said her colleagues had made their desire for her to remain as leader "very clear." There had been mounting speculation that the 72-year-old California Democrat might step aside and yield to younger figures in the party.
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Pelosi served two terms as speaker of the House, the first woman to ever hold that role, from 2007-2011, during which time she oversaw House passage of President Barack Obama's landmark health reform law. She has also taken a special interest in advancing legislation intended to address the effects of climate change, prompting a vote on a "cap-and-trade" bill in 2009 which eventually stalled in the Senate.
Republicans seemed almost giddy about the announcement.
"There is no better person to preside over the most liberal House Democratic Caucus in history than the woman who is solely responsible for relegating it to a prolonged minority status," said Paul Lindsay, the communications director for the National Republican Congressional Committee.
As part of her decision to stay aboard, Pelosi said that New York Rep. Steve Israel had agreed to serve a second term as chairman of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). Israel helped Democrats pick up seats in the most recent election.
Pelosi's decision also means the top leadership in the House would presumably remain the same for the next two years:
-- John Boehner as speaker
-- Eric Cantor as majority leader
-- Pelosi as minority leader
-- Steny Hoyer as minority whip.
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she is the first thing wrong with our government, she as stupid as a box of hammers
No, that honor goes to the late, not so great Mitt Romney.....stupidest campaign on record. Rassmusen can be the runner-up.
I think hammers might be smarter.
This is unfortunate. I'd hoped that Peosi would step aside. Boehner could go too.
They do have the history of what spending decisions and deals brought us to this place. However, I just really question if the same thinking that brought budget and financial policy to this point is capable of finding a pathway out. The battle scars and bitterness they both carry seem unlikely to allow either of them to compromise and make the tough choices it's going to take. IMO - both have lost sight of the well-being and future of the nation in their partisan power plays - just not opimistic that they can put the economy over ego.
If Boehner goes- Cantor would be voted in and he's just as bad
Of course she will stay. What else does she have to do? Can't go hang on the beach, she would melt. She's got her billions from insider trading and kickbacks, but its all cash, no business to go run. She still has to arrange her Paylosi payoffs from the desert railway. She still has to run Uncle Leon Poinsettia dismantling the DOD for her and Obama. On top of all that, if she left government, how would she get in front of a camera to show off her new botox and face lifts? It aint exactly like breaking big rocks into little rocks out there on the private jumbo jet either.
Go, no she didn't, bs, Issa and another republican are the richest members of the House, Nancy is a piker in financial wealth compared to those two, fact google it. You should check out Boehner's insider trading windfall, beats Pelosi hands down, google it, true.
Please stop with the nasty name characterizations unnecessary only makes you look foolish and small minded. Please stop.
Ok, googled my ass off just for you. You are wrong. Nancy Paylosi was identified by an independent non profit as garnering the greatest amount of wealth generation directly linked to her office. And, I aint got time to type about her years with the DNC. Quit spreading your "Google it" crap lines, they aren't working.
Go, no need to be nasty, I stand corrected regarding the non-profit, however, personal wealth she is a piker compared to Issa. So please stop your crap-o-liners, I didn't attack you and there is no need to inflict your misplaced contempt on me. When I am wrong I admit it. Feel better now. I stand by Boehner and his windfall.
Don't really care what the land of Teabagistan think or vocalize, what I do care about is the the House work together on the Peoples business for the good of America. America first and ideologies should be left at the door and to exhorting their constituencies of how wonderful they are. Leave the mean spirited nasty characterizations where it belongs, nothing wrong with opposition to some stances, it is wrong holding the country hostage to party line baloney. Get on with it, move on and work for America. The election is over, Republicans lost, wishing it wasn't so won't change it. Man up and get it done.
How about Douchebagistan........................you must be the leader! ha ha ha ha
je, clever little putzer, your mom must be proud.....hahahahahah. duh, dolt.
I wish the "Prune face witch" would just fly away!
jejujimmy are you yoyoma? your post are immature and unintelligent
I wish she had stepped down. And I'm a Democrat. I just don't like the woman, and I find most of what comes out of her mouth intolerable.
The upcoming state of the union will be a real hoot .
"Pelosi to remain as Democratic leader"
That means Steny Hoyer will retain his prestigious position of the person responsible for changing Pelosi's dirty diapers. Pelosi spoke highly of Hoyer and remarked that no-one can lick the problem like Steny.
Great news for Conservatives!!! Considering Pelosi has an approval rating of .000136547
Big surprise- figures since this was all intended to be from the very beginning...
If this is the best they got the Democrats are in serious trouble. This lady is a complete MORON!
Moron???? Scary smart is more like it. And not afraid to twist a few arms to get the job done. You successful business MEN ought to recognize the tactics.
As a woman, I want no association with her at all. She makes us all look bad.
Didn't really expect her to step down. She likes the limelight to much. She is so willing ready to spend our money.
Too bad! Don't look for any non-partisan work across the aisles with this radical, devisive far-left bitch occupying any part of power. Pelosi is a huge pile of crap and she needs to go crawl back under her rock. FU Pelosi!
@steel you have no respect for women-- I'm offended at your comment of her--
You know this all started back in 2010 WHEN Republicans wanted to keep unemployment as HIGH
as possible going into 2012 election in order to defeat Obama. California, had 12% unemployment at that time, and struggled to reduce it without ANY federal help, worsening CALIFORNIA'S already dire budget situation. Some of the highlights of Speaker Pelosi's accomplishments:
• Strong health care bill with a public option
• Cap-and-trade climate bill
• Blueprint for new transportation bill with $50 billion in high speed rail funding
• Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
• Decent (if not great) financial regulation bill
I agree...the faster Pelosi is pushed to the back seat....the better off America will be...
Our country is doomed. There is no going back. I don't even know if I care anymore.
We still need to care voice - who else will pick up these losers when their world comes tumbling down.
It would be lovely to think that if Nancy stepped aside, then Debbie Wasserman Schultz would just slip in to replace her...But, No, waiting in the wings is the 73 year old Steny Hoyer!! I am happy for Nancy to stay just as long as she would like, Botox or not. She is a very strong woman who fights tirelessly on behalf of those who really need a champion in the House. The Republicans absolutely despise her for that, and their obvious attacks are just all other words for, "She's a B----". I think it is one of her virtues that she makes the wing of the Republican House (which would have been shellacked this time if not for "creative" redistricting) that is represented by the truly ogerous Michele Bachmann..."uncomfortable"! They don't dislike her; they dislike that she has so much power. You go, Girl!!
Pelosi couldn't lead a dead horse. She is part of what is wrong with our Washington Legislators.
Dman....I thought she would retire....she must have found out Botox was covered by Obamacare and the House now will give discounts on lime green pantsuits. I wish her the worst of luck.
I can't wait til she is in a wheelchair....I'll be in that line to push that bitty right off that cliff.
Now the wicked witch of the west will stay....and she can hook up with the wicked witch of the east in the Senate. Maybe the two of them will ride off on their brooms together.
Just a couple of liberal hags...who want to redistribute everybody's wealth..BUT THEIR OWN.
Hey...you borrowed that from me....lmao
Some of the highlights of Speaker Pelosi's accomplishments:
• Strong health care bill with a public option
• Cap-and-trade climate bill
• Blueprint for new transportation bill with $50 billion in high speed rail funding
• Repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell
• Decent (if not great) financial regulation bill
YOU are as clueless and Nancy Pelosi. Get a job..then buy yourself a clue.
Seriously? you get a clue--
Yep....all job killers except for Dont Ask, Dont Tell....more regulations and failed government research projects....exactly what we need
I know and I thought it was a great statement and true! Both are always happy to spend other peoples money.
and helped keep American Samoa free from our Minimum Wage laws...(star kist...husbands investments?? possibly???) They are now held to a lowly $4.56 per hour...and in Sept of 2015 it can go way up to $5+ per hour!!
Strong health care bill???????? You mean the one that had to pass in order for us to know what was in it? The most horrendous statement I have ever heard - she needs to go but first she should redistribute her wealth.
I'd like to see Paul Ryan replace John Boehner.....Boehner has been a failure.....he's just a "yes" man...
Ryan's a LIAR and Boehner has been saying NO for the last 2 years-- Please do your homework-or Sister Hillary will make you say penance.
Ryan should immediately RESIGN. A man that said he can't separate his religious beliefs from his political views? A clear violation of the Constitution.
Agreed! Ryan is a liar and Boehner became a failure when he kowtowed to the minority teabaggers.
Beverly In Chicago...
Of course you are happy...you are a Chicago Democrat! and more than likely, you, along with the other sheep in chicago, voted for Jesse Jackson Jr...knowing he will becharged with crime(s) and hasn't servbed those who blindly elected him for over 6 months!! and you STILL re-elected him!!
Chicago is a joke...good chance of getting killed walking down the street, overpaid teachers, and a troll for a mayor. Great city.
@skip- Keep blaming "The Chicago Guys" WE won BTW
skip, I didn't get that from Beverly in Chicago. I thought she was putting Chicago down. AS for reelcting Jackson, that is simply a black racist thing. Doesn't matter what he does or doesn't do, he's black and as we know black votes for black. I wonder how Obama will keep him out of serving time for all the money he stole from his supporters.
Sheryl
You can't teach a old dog new tricks. He will continue to blame Bush for the next four years, then he will write a book and blame bush. When he retires and moves back to africa, his country of birth, he'll blame bush for ratting him out and geting him deported. It will always be bushs fault.
unreal, you are certainly that! Why are you still spewing this "birther crap"?
Even The Donald has stopped the foolish talk. Really, you need to move on.
unreal-- News flash: Hawaii was a U.S. territory since 1898- I know my grandparents were from there- when I was born in early 195(somethhing) before it became a state in 1959-- I was a U.S. citizen already-- I do NOT have or NEED a green card-- POTUS was born Oahu, HI(our 50th state) in 1961
unreal, Bush wrecked the economy, that's an historical fact that no amount of time will ever change. The Republicans hindered the recovery by filibustering or voting 'no' on every job related bill presented, that's a fact that no amount of spin can change. Obama was born in Hawaii, a substantiated fact that no degree of delusion will alter.
so shawn, you are in the middle of the road? Have you ever had to jump off the fence and make a decision, one way or another? you didn't find my spew funny. Really didn't think anyone would think I was serious, unless the are really, really, really dumb.
Its been a little over a week since the election, and I see a lot of posts are less agressive. I think we all realize the only way to get this government to work for the people, is to find common ground (difficult, but possible) there needs to be compromise from both sides. Hopefully, both side will work for the people who elected them. Shut the hard right Teaparty down, shut the far left Liberals down, and get some moderate, middle-ground legislation that can get us out of this mess. Nancy, GO AWAY!! you are not helping this President.
@Shawn- I agree with some of what you posted-- Get RID of the teabaggers- BUT Boehner is just as bad as Pelosi-- He's going to need to compromise- and help the POTUS
heavenlychild,
agree with you. Doesn't obama need to put a little bend in his attitude also? Over the last four years, he didn't compromise once. If fact, the first two years, he wasn't aware there were any republicans in office, since he ignored. them. Then after the took over the house, all he did was say how bad the were and would'nt drink his kool aid and wouldn't jump off the cliff with him.
Great...More Bills that the House will have to pass before we will know what's in them!!! Hey PooLousey.....How about YOU pass???