Nancy Pelosi

October 31 2011 8:16 PM

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi spoke out Monday against Republican Leader Eric Cantor's plan for the House to work just 109 days in 2012. Cantor defended his calendar, saying it allows members of Congress to do important work in their districts. But another key reason for the abbreviated schedule that Congress has followed for decades is the increasing importance of campaign finance, which leaves fundraising as top priority in an election year.

October 26 2011 1:24 PM

The 12-member Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction -- the super committee -- held a public hearing Wednesday, after what has been two months of nearly-clandestine meetings offering little indication of progress. Things have reportedly become so uncertain, congressional leaders have intervened to hammer out a deal.

October 13 2011 3:39 PM

There's been a lot of news recently regarding China, and we have another important release scheduled for later today in the form of China consumer price data.

October 09 2011 11:29 PM

Growing protests targeting Wall Street and U.S. economic inequality spawned heated rhetoric among politicians on Sunday as organizers planned more demonstrations this week.

October 05 2011 10:42 PM

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reacted to the passing of Apple CEO Steve Jobs Wednesday night. In a released statement, she called Jobs a “visionary” and an “innovator whose products brought joy to millions.”

October 04 2011 10:18 AM

The news regarding the American public's attitude toward Congress just gets worse: A record-high number of citizens (89%) are greatly dissatisfied by the job Congress is doing, according to a new poll.

September 20 2011 5:14 PM

The Clinton-era don't ask, don't tell military policy, under which service members were forbidden to come out as gay, was officially repealed on Tuesday. Here's what politicians and military officials are saying.

September 08 2011 10:33 PM

Bipartisanship was the catchphrase of the night, as both Democrats and Republicans called on their colleagues to work together in order to boost job creation.

September 07 2011 11:04 PM

Nancy Pelosi said that Republican leaders' decision not to deliver a televised rebuttal to President Obama's jobs plan would speak volumes about their lack of commitment to creating jobs.