Nancy Pelosi News

Now that the IRS has been exposed for what it is, this might be a good time to abolish it and go to the fair tax.

In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen.

Michelle Obama beat Hillary Clinton in Forbes's ranking of the world's 100 Most Powerful Women.

South Bay Democratic Rep. Mike Honda, seeking 2014 re-election, has announced a host of endorsements from Asian American and Pacific Islander leaders - including actors George Takei and Kal Penn, and Maya Soetoro-Ng, the sister of President Barack Obama.

Chinese artist and political dissident Ai Weiwei tells Playboy magazine that he's disillusioned with Rep.

The race has attracted the attention of organized labor, Bill Clinton, and a longtime ally to President Obama.

The decade-old law that transformed the battle against HIV and AIDS in developing countries is at a crossroads.

California saw plenty of change to its congressional delegation last year, with the long-serving likes of Fortney "Pete" Stark , David Dreier , Jerry Lewis , Joe Baca , Elton Gallegly , Mary Bono Mack and more either retiring or getting turned out.

Or is it a case that Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Boxer, and Diane Feinstein, as well as others in the Obama Administration and the State of California -- engaged in a coverup.

In the run-up to the passage of Obamacare, then House Speaker Nancy Pelosi famously said, "We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy." Of course, the statement itself added to the controversy because certain Americans among us - in this case those opposed to the health care reform act - ... (more)

Whenever Andrew Breitbart saw that somebody was being unfairly maligned by the institutional Left, he became that person's stalwart defender.

Former Congressman Barney Frank, left, and his husband, James Ready, were in San Francisco this week for Frank's appearance at the Commonwealth Club Outspoken gay former Congressman Barney Frank was in San Francisco this week and told a gathering of the Commonwealth Club that while he won't consider a presidential run, he predicted the U.S. could ... (more)

Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama's agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to date of wrongdoing close to the Oval Office.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi will support moving the House farm bill forward, Agriculture Committee ranking member Collin Peterson told reporters Friday.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee raised $5.4 million in April, building on its advantage over House Republicans this year.

SENIOR LOBBY DAY : The phrase "lobby day" conjures an image of interest groups holding a rally on the steps of the Capitol, some sympathetic legislators in tow, before proceeding inside to meet with lawmakers.

A bipartisan House group hammered out an immigration-reform deal late Thursday after years of closed-door meetings and last-minute brinksmanship from a top Democrat.

The Internal Revenue Service is under fire for giving extra scrutiny to conservative organizations that asked for tax-exempt status.

There they go again: The House is moving toward a vote on yet another Republican bill to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law.

On Wednesday, New York Times reporter Jeremy Peters let the Republicans in Congress know he was tired of their silly attempts to repeal Obamacare in " House to Vote Yet Again On Health Care Repeal.