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Washington Post: Here’s how congressional Democrats plan to mark Trump’s first 100 days

April 27, 2017 Articles
President Trump is the most unpopular president in modern history — and Democrats are hoping to keep it that way.

While negotiating this week with the White House on a plan to avoid a government shutdown and strongly opposed to any new plan to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Senate Minority

POLITICO: Pelosi says Obamacare repeal effort is backfiring

April 20, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said today that ongoing House Republican efforts to dismantle the Affordable Care Act are backfiring and boosting support for the law.

During a stop here, Pelosi pointed to recent protests at some GOP lawmakers' town hall meetings and predicted more people will be covered under the law a year from now.

The Hill: Pelosi to Trump: Apologize for wiretap ‘fabrications’

March 20, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says President Trump must apologize for claiming former President Barack Obama wiretapped him last year.

FBI Director James Comey said Monday the Department of Justice (DOJ) has “no information" supporting Trump’s unverified claim from earlier this month.

Vox: Nancy Pelosi was right: Democrats had to pass the bill so people could find out what’s in it

March 18, 2017 Articles
One of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s most infamous quotes was something she said during a 20-minute speech to the National Association of Counties’ 2010 legislative conference.

The Hill: Pelosi presses Ryan for ObamaCare repeal analysis before vote

March 7, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is pressing GOP leaders to delay votes on their ObamaCare replacement legislation until its budget and coverage impacts can be analyzed.

CBS News: Nancy Pelosi blasts House GOP health plan, discusses wiretapping claim

March 7, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday blasted House Republicans’ plan to replace Obamacare that they rolled out Monday evening.

The Hill: Pelosi on Sessions: ‘We are far past recusal’

March 2, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday slammed Republicans calling for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from investigations into Russia, saying that’s not nearly enough.

“We are far past recusal. Jeff #Sessions lied under oath. Anything less than resignation or removal from office is unacceptable,” Pelosi tweeted.

The Hill: Pelosi calls for DOJ probe of Priebus on FBI, Russia

February 24, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) says the Department of Justice must probe reports that White House chief of staff Reince Priebus asked the FBI to push back on media coverage linking figures from President Trump's campaign to Russian intelligence.

New York Times: Ex-Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to Give Democratic Response to Trump

February 24, 2017 Articles
Former Gov. Steve Beshear of Kentucky, a senior Democrat best known for putting the Affordable Care Act into effect in a deeply conservative state, will give his party’s response to President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday, Democratic congressional leaders announced on Friday.

AP: Nancy Pelosi: Brave immigrants make 'America more American'

February 23, 2017 Articles
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is meeting with advocates in San Francisco to hear their concerns about the president's recent orders targeting immigrants and refugees.

The San Francisco Democrat told more than a dozen people gathered at a federal building that immigrants who come to the United States with their courage and dreams make "America more American."

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