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Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
Nancy Pelosi has represented California's Eighth District in the United States House of Representatives since 1987. She was elected speaker of the House of Representatives on Jan. 4, 2007. Nancy Pelosi's father, Thomas D'Alesandro Jr., served as Baltimore's mayor for 12 years after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Nancy Pelosi's brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as mayor of Baltimore. Nancy Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., in 1962.
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Lobdell: Poor execution of an idea worth considering
March Madness has already hit Costa Mesa. In a dizzying, four-day span beginning Feb. 25, the council placed a last-minute item on its agenda that proposed sending pink slips to nearly half of the city's employees. The only information given to the...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Elections, Local Government, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Health
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Newtown marks six-month anniversary of school shooting
People in Newtown, Conn., and around the country paused Friday to remember the tragic shooting rampage that took place at an elementary school six months ago to the day. While Newtown Public Schools officials planned no memorials or other events to mark...
Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting, Shootings, Personal Weapon Control
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Newtown families push for gun control, go back to Congress
WASHINGTON — Although the drive for tougher gun controls has faded into the background, families of victims in the Newtown school shooting returned to the Capitol on Wednesday to show they are not giving up. Advocacy groups on both sides of the...
Tags: Interior Policy, Jeffrey Chiesa, U.S. Congress, Joe Manchin III, Harry Reid
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First Amendment clause-trophobia
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a...Tags: Taxation, U.S. Congress, Crime, Law and Justice, White House, Espionage Act of 1917
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Obama in Chicago for Democratic congressional fundraisers
Clout StreetPresident Barack Obama is back in Chicago tonight for a pair of fundraisers as Democrats try to capture the House and defend the Senate next year. During his 15-minute remarks at the Hilton, Obama said he's willing to work with Republicans, but said he...Tags: Interior Policy, U.S. Congress, Deportation, Extradition, Bobby Rush
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Ganging up on Greuel [Blowback]
More often than not, columnist Jim Newton gets things right. But his analysis of Controller Wendy Greuel’s campaign for mayor of Los Angeles, which I advised, is dead wrong. Newton: "Greuel never introduced herself in a positive way to voters."...Tags: Wendy Greuel, Elections, Jan Perry, Mitt Romney, Magic Johnson
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Obama returns to Chicago for fundraising pitch
President Barack Obama came home to Chicago on Wednesday to raise money for Democratic congressional candidates as part of his party's push to take back control of the House and preserve Democrats' majority in the Senate next year. While potentially a...
Tags: Interior Policy, Elections, U.S. Congress, Deportation, Chicago Cubs
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Mark Sanford attributes victory to S.C.'s tradition of forgiveness
WASHINGTON -- Mark Sanford said his surprisingly strong victory in a special election Tuesday is a testament to South Carolina’s forgiving tradition, and he vowed to be a watchdog for taxpayers in his district when he returns to Congress. Sanford,...
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Former Gov. Mark Sanford wins South Carolina House seat
WASHINGTON — Two years after Mark Sanford left the South Carolina governor’s office tarred by an adultery scandal, he has completed an unlikely political comeback to win a special congressional election. Sanford defeated Democratic neophyte...Tags: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Regional Authority, Elections, Tim Scott, Mitt Romney
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Lost jobs, higher costs: Obamacare hits home
On this Memorial Day weekend, as we remember with deepest gratitude the sacrifice of America's military heroes, we also offer our thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Oklahoma tragedy. I've dedicated a half-dozen columns to the single most...Tags: Small Businesses, Boston Scientific Corporation, U.S. Congress, Memorial Day, Max Baucus
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Mark Sanford and the end of the GOP culture wars
In April 1861, South Carolina fired the first shots of the Civil War. Almost exactly 152 years later, it may have fired the final shots of the Republican Party’s culture war. South Carolinians on Tuesday elected former Gov. Mark Sanford to the...Tags: Appalachian National Scenic Trail, Elections, Executive Branch, Mark Sanford, Adultery
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Life's work honored
Special to The TribuneWASHINGTON -- Vice President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi took turns Wednesday leading an often humorous but sometimes emotional celebration of the decades-long service of the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh as the University of Notre Dame's...Tags: Martin Luther King Jr., Crime, Law and Justice, Joe Donnelly, Justice and Rights, John Boehner
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