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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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Punishments to fit the politicians' crimes
I enjoyed the letter "A punishment that fits the crime: Sentence Schurick to register African-American voters." Tailoring punishment to fit crimes is exactly what good judges do. Here are some additional suggestions: Sentence Democratic congressman...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Punishment, Wetlands, Sheila Dixon, Justice System
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Ron Paul: The candidate who will never compromise
The Sun and other national media have come under fire from Ron Paul supporters for ignoring their candidate. There's a reason for that: He himself said that he would be a different kind of president, one that got out of the way. It's hard for the media to...Tags: Newt Gingrich, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements, Elections, Republican Party
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Retirement of Barney Frank and others bodes ill for Democrats
The decision of Rep. Barney Frank of Massachusetts to retire next year after 32 years in the House is a blow to the Democratic Party, to the cause of liberal politics and to the effort bring public responsibility to Wall Street. It's also a setback to...Tags: U.S. Senate, Newt Gingrich, Elections, Parties and Movements, Republican Party
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Occupy Wall Street: The revolution will be puppeted
Earlier this month, the left-wing magazine The Nation highlighted Joe Therrien as a symbol of the Occupy Wall Street movement. A New York City public-school drama teacher, Therrien was frustrated with the shortcomings of the school system. So he quit...Tags: Elections, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Teaching and Learning, Booker T. Washington
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Obama to America: It's all your fault
Congratulations, average American! It's your turn to be blamed for President Obama's -- and America's -- problems.
This is the biggest honor you've won since Time magazine named "you" the Person of the Year.
Being the root cause of our dire national...Tags: Democratic Party, White House, Hu Jintao, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, George Bush
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Romney vs. Gingrich: The technocrat and the self-anointed great statesman
Whether the matchup between Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney is the final bout on the GOP primary card is impossible to know. The whole season has been more like professional wrestling than boxing, with weird characters sporting implausible hair appearing...Tags: U.S. Senate, Newt Gingrich, Parties and Movements, Rick Perry, Republican Party
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Hillary 2012?
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has famously declared that she wants her next job title to be "grandmother."
But a Harris Poll indicates that Mrs. Clinton is just about the only politician with a job approval rating above sea level.
And a second...Tags: U.S. Senate, Elections, Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Polls
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Sun conveniently omits Pelosi's misdeeds
Apparently all the " talking back" I've done in past years has been of little consequence. Could The Sun be any more obvious in their partisan reporting of insider trading perpetrated by members of Congress ("Keeping Congress clean," Nov. 28)? The Sun...Tags: Democratic Party, Insider Trading, Spencer Bachus
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Obama wakes the conservative 'bear'
"You woke thebears! Why did you do that?"
That's from one of my favorite scenes in "Anchorman." In the Oscar-robbed film, Ron Burgundy (played by Will Ferrell) loudly leaps into a bear pit to rescue his girlfriend and then falsely blames her for waking...Tags: Academy Awards, Democratic Party, Periodicals, Elections, Interior Policy
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Who's to blame for America's nasty politics? Tom Brokaw.
You know who I blame for the terrible tone in American politics? Tom Brokaw.
No, not the man himself, but what he represents.
Since Dan Rather famously beclowned himself, Mr. Brokaw stands as the last of the respected "voice of God" news anchors (CBS...Tags: Parties and Movements, Republican Party, Tom Brokaw, Occupy Wall Street, Tea Party Movement
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Maryland's Van Hollen at center of deficit fight
For Rep. Chris Van Hollen, brokering a bipartisan deal to trim the federal deficit is about more than dodging draconian across-the-board cuts or protecting a fragile economic recovery.
It's also about proving that a bitterly divided Congress can still...Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Parties and Movements, Pakistan, Government, Joe Biden
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Out of history: Md. pages lament program's end
Donald F. Munson grew up around politics, but it wasn't until he became a congressional page in the early 1950s that he decided to make a career of it. The Washington County Republican, who served 36 years in the Maryland General Assembly, met Gerald R....Tags: Roscoe G Bartlett, Laws, Georgetown, Mark Foley, Barbara A. Mikulski
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