[69] Other House Democrats, including Tim Ryan (OH), Seth Moulton (MA), and Filemon Vela (TX), publicly called for new House leadership. [239] Pelosi said that Democrats are taking "a great pride" in Barack Obama’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that Israel signed with the Obama administration in September 2016, a guarantee of $38 billion in defense assistance over a decade. "'Every Day He's Obstructing Justice.' [121] The letter, lawmakers and the CIA all providing no details, and the circumstances surrounding the allegations, make it hard to assess the claims and counterclaims of both sides. [186] On June 5, 2019, during a meeting with senior Democrats about whether the House should launch impeachment proceeding against Trump, Pelosi said, "I don't want to see him impeached, I want to see him in prison." [187], The House impeachment inquiry focused on efforts by Trump and Trump administration officials to pressure the government of Ukraine to smear former Vice President Joe Biden, a political rival of Trump's, while withholding $400 million in U.S. military aid, and a White House visit, from Ukraine; the inquiry also examined Trump's request in a July 2019 phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to "do us a favor" and investigate Biden. [155], She has voted in favor of lifting the ban on privately funded abortions at overseas U.S. military facilities (HA 209, rejected); in favor of an amendment that would repeal a provision forbidding servicewomen and dependents from getting an abortion in overseas military hospitals (HA 722, rejected); and in favor of stripping the prohibition of funding for organizations working overseas that use their own funds to provide abortion services, or engage in advocacy related to abortion services (HA 997, rejected). “She’s used to competition among people.”, Christine says her mom raised five very different children and treated them equally, which didn’t necessarily mean the same. Pelosi said the Democrats would be unified as putting "a stake in the heart of this monstrous bill". [131][132] Most companies that awarded bonuses gave out payments of hundreds of dollars, while some gave bonuses of significantly over a thousand. “Then she’d say, ‘I’ll let you make the decision.’ It was our choice. In an interview with MSNBC Monday night, 80-year-old Pelosi claimed that the conservatives are after the viewers’ children, for fulfilling a constitutional duty on filling a vacant SC position after former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away last week.
[152], In July 2018, during a speech at Independence First, Pelosi said the goal of the Democrats "has always been to expand coverage and to do so in a way that improves benefits ... and we have to address the affordability issue that is so undermined by the Republicans. [123] In an April 2009 press conference, Pelosi said, "In that or any other briefing ... we were not, and I repeat, were not told that waterboarding or any of these other enhanced interrogation techniques were used. "[70] When asked specifically why she should stay on as House minority leader after numerous Democratic seats were lost, Pelosi responded, "Well, I'm a master legislator. “I don’t think the president would be that petty,” Pelosi deadpanned. [52], Pelosi was named Permanent Chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. . Never.”. “Clean air, clean water, pollution!
They haven't yet. Nancy Pelosi met Paul Frank Pelosi while she was attending college. [277] She served for 13 years as a board member of the National Italian American Foundation (NIAF). Pelosi voted in favor of the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995, which urged the federal government to relocate the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The attitude was, 'We don't care what you do to those guys as long as you get the information you need to protect the American people. Nancy Patricia Pelosi (/pəˈloʊsi/; née D'Alesandro; born March 26, 1940) is an American politician serving as Speaker of the United States House of Representatives since 2019, and previously from 2007 to 2011. [68], In 2017, after Democrats lost four consecutive special elections in the House of Representatives, Pelosi's leadership was again called into question. Retrieved May 7, 2019. A CBS News poll conducted in March 2010 found that 37% of registered voters had an unfavorable opinion of Speaker Pelosi, with 11% approving. [75][76][77], In May 2018, after the White House invited two Republicans and no Democrats to a briefing by Department of Justice officials on an FBI informant who had made contact with the Trump campaign,[78] Pelosi and Senate minority leader Schumer sent a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and FBI director Wray calling for "a bipartisan Gang of Eight briefing that involves congressional leadership from both chambers". Pelosi also opposes Trump's transgender military ban. It looks like Pelosi is forgetting that the coronavirus started to exist in the country only this year and nobody knew about it, while the November 3 election has been looked forward to by the Americans even before. Do Americans care about civility? Back then she was just another outnumbered parent, trying to figure out how to rein in a brood of wily kids using a combination of love, leverage and Jedi mom tricks. The house voted 405 to 11 in October 2019 to confirm the resolution.[262]. The CEO out. During the ceremony, Pelosi held up the replica dog tags of the three Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah and Hamas in 2006 and said she keeps them as a "symbol of the sacrifices made, sacrifices far too great by the people of the state of Israel". We welcomed the French Ambassador, greeted students from @UChiPolitics, and passed an historic increase to the federal minimum wage. I am your mother, young lady, and you will not speak to me that way. [158] In 2012, she was given a 0% rating by Gun Owners of America and a 7% rating from the National Rifle Association for her stances on gun control. Long before she presided over the U.S. House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi presided over a house of five children in San Francisco.