capj71 | Shared With: Everyone - Jun 20 2008 | House of Representatives, iraq war, afghanistan, war funding, nancy pelosi
By a vote of 268-155 the House of Representatives has passed a $162 billion war spending bill that will carry funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan beyond the end of George W. Bush's term.Democrats supported the bill due to inclusion of such domestic provisions such as an additional 13 weeks of unemployment insurance, and the new GI Bill.
capj71 | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 22 2008 | nancy pelosi
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) issued a statement marking the 38th Earth Day. Pelosi talked about the challenge of climate change, “On this Earth Day, the greatest challenge facing the United States, and indeed our world, is climate change. Its effects already can be seen in severe weather, coastal flooding, deadly heat waves, and spreading infectious diseases
capj71 | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 19 2008 | Nancy Pelosi, Columbia Free Trade, George W. Bush
President Bush used his weekly radio address to ask Speaker Nancy Pelosi to change her mind and allow the House to vote on the Columbia Free Trade Agreement. "Her action is unprecedented and extremely unfortunate. I hope that the Speaker will change her mind. If she does not, the agreement will be dead," Bush said.
- capj71 | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 15 2008 | Economy, George W. Bush, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid
Before meeting with his cabinet today, President Bush said the solution to the nation’s economic woes is for Congress to make his tax cuts permanent. Bush also took full credit for anticipating the current economic hard times. This did not go over well with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi.
- capj71 | Shared With: Everyone - Apr 09 2008 | news, politics, Nancy Pelosi, George W.Bush
Pelosi says that she tried to warn Bush about sending this agreement up for a vote now.
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