Quote of the Day
“I’m not asking anyone to support me for what I have done, one thing or another, whether it’s politics or policy or money. I’m asking them to support me on what I will do in the future.”
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by Politico, on House leadership elections next week.
Ryan Will Challenge Pelosi
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) launched a long-shot challenge to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s reign atop the Democratic caucus, saying that last week’s elections were a call to “bring a new voice into leadership,” the Washington Post reports.
“The secret-ballot election, held Nov. 30, will test Pelosi’s public declaration of victory Thursday when she said at a news conference that she has more than two-thirds support in the Democratic caucus.”
Politico: Pelosi squirms as she awaits potential challenge
Bonus Quote of the Day
“So many times, white — non-college-educated — white males have voted Republican. They voted against their own economic interests because of guns, because of gays, and because of God. The three G’s –– God being the woman’s right to choose.”
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, in an interview with PBS.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“Bless his heart. Donald Trump is the gift that keeps giving to us.”
— Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by The Hill.
Pelosi Not Sure Spending Bill Will Pass House
Asked if she’s “confident” the compromise spending package will win enough Democratic votes to move through the lower chamber, The Hill reports House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi didn’t pause for a second.
Said Pelosi: “No. We’re talking it through.”
Ryan Avoids Pelosi Hug
National Review: “Ryan is well aware of the potential for that distrust to undermine him, and he seemed careful to avoid feeding it on Thursday. When House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) moved to hug the new speaker after presenting him with the gavel, Ryan opted for a cordial handshake, instead — thereby avoiding a politically problematic photo-op.”
Pelosi Not Sure She’ll Miss Boehner
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told CNN that Speaker John Boehner is a “fine person” but she’s note sure she’ll miss him when he retires at the end of October.
Said Pelosi: “I respect the people who send them here. I respect the fact that their caucus elected them to a leadership position.”
But, she added: “I don’t know if I’ll miss him.”
Pelosi Joins Call for More Democratic Debates
Hillary Clinton’s rivals in the Democratic primary “have been demanding for weeks that the party hold more presidential debates than the scant six that are planned, and on Friday they got a big boost when House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco said she agrees with them,” the Los Angeles Times reports.
Pelosi Will Oppose Obama on Trade
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) “in a meandering but dramatic floor speech on Friday said she will vote against a measure providing assistance to workers displaced by trade,” The Hill reports.
“Pelosi’s opposition to the Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) program casts doubt on whether the measure will pass. If it fails, it could sink a broader trade package that includes President Obama’s request for fast-track trade authority.”
Pelosi Not Whipping Votes for Trade Bill
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said it is not her responsibility to help House Republicans pass a controversial piece of trade legislation at the top of President Obama’s priorities, Politico reports.
“Trade has historically been a top priority for Republicans and the current split between Democrats and the White House means it falls on the Republican-controlled House to pass Obama’s request… Pelosi told Boehner he needs to provide at least 200 votes.”
House Democrats Look for Successor to Pelosi
“During the months following the November 2014 midterm elections, several House Democrats convened a series of secret meetings to plot the future of their party’s leadership,” according to the New York Times Magazine.
“The party had just endured a nationwide thrashing in the midterms and, at every level below the presidency, had little reason to feel all that optimistic about 2016. Retaking the Senate would be at best a 50-50 proposition. Democrats controlled only 18 of the nation’s 50 statehouses and 11 of its state legislatures, and those numbers seemed unlike to improve anytime soon. The prospects going forward were particularly grim in the House, where the number of Democratic members — 188 — was the lowest it had been since the Hoover administration.”
Quote of the Day
“I think we are just going to see the ongoing attempt to investigate Hillary Clinton, be it her hair or her emails.”
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, quoted by Politico.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“I was near tears throughout the Prime Minister’s speech — saddened by the insult to the intelligence of the United States… and saddened by the condescension toward our knowledge of the threat posed by Iran and our broader commitment to preventing nuclear proliferation.”
— House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), quoted by The Hill, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of Congress.
Pelosi Fills GOP Leadership Vacuum
“If anyone was in control of the House floor Friday, it was San Francisco Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, not the Republicans who won full control of Congress in November,” the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
“Less than two months into Republican governance, House GOP leaders suffered their most humiliating defeat yet on the House floor in the battle over funding the Department of Homeland Security, thanks in large part to Pelosi’s ability to marshal her shrunken Democratic minority when it counts. The Republican leadership team, including Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield, demonstrated a stunning inability to do the same.”
Pelosi Faces Grumbling Among House Democrats
“Nancy Pelosi has big problems in her ranks,” Politico reports.
“The California lawmaker is facing some of the most serious unrest she’s ever seen in her dozen years as the leader of the House Democrats: Members complain that the party has no message and no clear plan to retake the majority, despite good news on the economy that should have brought rewards at the polls. They also accuse senior lawmakers of failing to pull their weight in dues as they occupy coveted committee slots.”
What Pelosi Knows More About Than The Pope
Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recalled for the Washington Post that when she was new to Congress and opposed a bill restricting abortion, “one of the Republican members got up and said, ‘Nancy Pelosi thinks she knows more about having babies than the Pope.'”
Responded Pelosi, who has five children: “Yeah. Yeah. That would be true.”
Will Republicans Need Pelosi to Prevent Shutdown?
“Nancy Pelosi insists she doesn’t gloat when House Republicans can’t shore up the votes among their own members to pass any number of critical bills, and it’s Democrats who get to swoop in and call themselves the heroes,” Roll Call reports.
Said Pelosi: “I would rather they did the responsible thing so we wouldn’t have to bail them out every time.”
“But the minority leader… must be feeling gratified. The government is on the precipice of a shutdown, and if Republicans can’t get to 218 votes on their side of the aisle, Pelosi will get to call in the cavalry once again.”
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