House Republicans Tried to Capitalize on Coronavirus to Sneak Anti-Abortion Language Into Law
Nancy Pelosi( D-Calif.) makes a statement about the Coronavirus Response Act aid package in the Capitol on Friday, March 13th. Tom Williams/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press As stock markets plummet businesses prepare for staff to work from home, and confirmed cases and deaths from the novel coronavirus continue to grow, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif)…
Republican Leader Criticizes “Permanent Paid Sick Leave” in Dems’ Coronavirus Bill
Evan Vucci/AP Late on Wednesday night, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) unveiled emergency coronavirus funding legislation, which would guarantee widespread free testing for COVID-19, expanded food assistance and unemployment insurance, and paid sick leave. But on Thursday morning, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) announced his opposition to the bill, singling out the paid sick…
An Even More Deranged Monday Morning of Tweeting for President Trump
Ron Sachs/ZUMA On Monday, President Donald Trump’s Twitter account kicked off an unusually active round of inflammatory and offensive activity that saw multiple falsehoods, typos, and cheap shots against his Democratic presidential rivals. In what could be considered the most appalling moment, the president retweeted a fake, poorly Photoshopped image of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)…
Trump Praises Pelosi and Calls For Bush’s Impeachment in This Must-Watch Clip From 2008
Dennis Van Tine/ZUMA This vintage clip of Donald Trump in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer is a doozy: In it, Trump calls Nancy Pelosi “impressive,” defends former President Bill Clinton, and says the impeachment of former President George W. Bush “would have been a wonderful thing.” Blitzer resurfaced the clip on his Twitter account…
Democrats from Congress Tried to Reassure World Leaders at the UN Climate Summit
This story was originally published by HuffPost and appears here as part of the Climate Desk. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic lawmakers assured world leaders at the United Nations climate conference in Madrid that the United States will continue to be a leader in combatting global climate change, despite backward steps by the Trump administration. “The…
Nancy Pelosi Says Trump Should Testify Under Oath Instead of Sounding Off on Twitter
J. Scott Applewhite/AP Ahead of the next batch of marathon impeachment hearings this week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invited President Donald Trump to answer questions from investigators instead of sounding off on Twitter. In a Sunday interview with Face the Nation, Pelosi declined to say whether bribery would be among the articles of impeachment filed against…