Pelosi Leads House Dems In Saying No To Tax Deal
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A man accused of making more than 30 threatening phone calls to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi earlier this year was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 21 months in prison.
The closed-door vote Wednesday will let the San Francisco congresswoman shift from House speaker to minority leader in January, despite concerns by some Democrats that the party needs new leadership.
Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco, who is poised to move from speaker to minority leader in the next Congress, got an earful from some rank-and-file colleagues who said the party must change leaders.
In a fresh sign of turmoil among defeated Democrats, a growing number of the rank and file say they won't support House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a politically symbolic roll call when the new Congress meets in January.
Nancy Pelosi, the nation's first female House speaker, said Friday she will try to keep her spot as leader of the House Democrats despite huge election losses that cost her party the majority.
Resurgent Republicans won control of the U.S. House Tuesday night and Speaker Nancy Pelosi's four-year tenure as the first female speaker in history neared an end.
A week before the midterm elections, Michelle Obama said the race for the congressional majority is "too close" and Democratic voters must recapture the energy of 2008.
First Lady Michelle Obama is expected to visit the Bay Area on Monday to raise money for local Democratic candidates, just a few days after her husband's brief trip to the region for the same purpose.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi projected an air of supreme confidence as she campaigned in San Francisco Wednesday, refusing to entertain even the possibility that she could lose her speakership on November 2.
A San Francisco man upset with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's support of health care reform pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening the Democratic congresswoman and her family.
