Nancy Pelosi

With growing calls for Congress to ban its members from trading stocks, Speaker Nancy Pelosi—expected to announce support for new reforms—came before reporters on Wednesday and instead largely deflected questions about what, exactly, she is prepared to endorse. The word from Punchbowl News’ morning newsletter was that Pelosi and House…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is moving to ban stock trading on Capitol Hill, after having consistently opposed such a measure, Punchbowl News reported. Why it matters: This adds unprecedented momentum to an issue that also has bipartisan support on the Senate side. Pelosi's imprimatur, which was first reported by…

Speaking in support of a bill to remove all portraits of Confederates from public display at the United States Capitol last year, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi argued that the idea of artworks in the Capitol that honor “people who advocated cruelty and barbarism” is a “grotesque affront” to American ideals.…

President Biden is considering Stephen Robert, a former Wall Street executive with close ties to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to become U.S. ambassador to Italy, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The president has struggled with and waited to fill the post — despite the desirability of living in Rome.…

The congressional Democratic leadership is backing a nascent campaign to unionize staffers on the Hill, with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi expected to hold a vote on the move as early as next week. Mrs. Pelosi, California Democrat, threw her support behind an organizing drive by the Congressional Workers Union (CWU)…

1/3 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was critical of China's human rights violations Thursday at a hearing for individuals working on behalf of repressed people in China. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Feb. 3 (UPI) -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi took aim at China in front of…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged American athletes to avoid speaking out against Chinese human rights abuses during the Beijing Winter Olympics during Thursday testimony in front of the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. “The People’s Republic of China is perpetrating a campaign of gross human rights violations, including genocide,” she said,…

4 Feb 202200:06Today's politics recap Joe Biden made a trip to New York to discuss his administration’s efforts to reduce violent crime and gun violence. “The answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said during a meeting at NYPD headquarters. “It’s to give you the tools, the training, the…

Colorado Representative Lauren Boebert accused the presiding House speaker pro tempore of ignoring her while she raised issues regarding the border in a speech on the floor on Wednesday. Boebert, who represents Colorado's 3rd District, scolded the speaker for failing to pay attention to her properly while she was talking…

Joe Biden is getting set to deliver his first State of the Union address, or at least that’s the current plan. Given his penchant for sundowning, whether he actually speaks will probably have a lot to do with what kind of day he’s having. Last year, the president was months…