It’s a sweltering and stormy Thursday afternoon in June, but the marble halls of the U.S. Capitol are eerily cold and quiet. The coronavirus pandemic has virtually emptied out the grand building, shutting down Capitol tours and confining politicians and staffers to their homes. A few security guards in black COVID masks, practically whispering so […]
There are dumb, trivial stories, and then there’s the story of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent visit to a hair salon, during which she apparently took her mask off her face while getting her hair washed. If you’re a consumer of conservative media, you would have thought this earth-shattering scandal was about as important as […]
As the clock ticked down Thursday on a self-imposed deadline for a breakthrough in coronavirus relief talks with no deal in sight, Jim Cramer, the brash CNBC host, had an on-air proposal for Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California. Why not try invoking the memory of the late civil rights icon John Lewis to try to […]
Late last week, as she was leading the charge to push the Democrats’ $3 trillion pandemic relief package through the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi strode the floor of the Capitol in a fuchsia pantsuit, red pumps, white shell — and a coordinated red, white and green cherry-print face mask. This was the day after Ms. […]
Nancy Pelosi was getting impatient. It was mid-March, and the House Speaker and her staff were working around the clock to draft urgent legislation to address the coronavirus pandemic. But the White House was dragging its feet: she hadn’t heard back from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, her negotiating partner, in more than 12 hours. Pelosi […]
A few dozen people gathered one early March evening at the National Museum of American History to celebrate the opening of a new exhibition marking the centennial of women’s suffrage. Collected in the glass cases are the artifacts of a long, arduous road to political empowerment: A red silk shawl worn by Susan B. Anthony […]
Nancy Pelosi was getting impatient. It was mid-March, and the House Speaker and her staff were working around the clock to draft urgent legislation to address the coronavirus pandemic. But the White House was dragging its feet: she hadn’t heard back from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, her negotiating partner, in more than 12 hours. Pelosi […]
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“I always advise women when they go into an interview, don’t just say you deserve this because you have done this, this and this … Just show your vision. And your vision will speak to your excellence,” says Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi knows all about making a comeback career. Last year, the House Speaker at the […]
On MLK weekend three years ago, thousands across the country took Our First Stand to Save Health Care – vowing to defeat the Republican special interest agenda. With the unity of Democrats and the ferocious mobilization of the grassroots, we won the House and succeeded in protecting our care. Three years later, the battle remains. Moscow […]