Nancy Pelosi

President Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi huffed and puffed Thursday, but it was progressives who threatened to blow the whole House down if their demands weren't met. Why it matters: The old guard leading the White House and Congress has learned for the second time in a month their…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) punted on Thursday on a planned vote for the $1.2 trillion so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill. Pelosi slated to have the House vote on the so-called bipartisan infrastructure bill, or the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Thursday. The bill passed through the Senate in August…

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Twenty-one vulnerable House Democrats urged President Biden on Wednesday to scrap a proposal to give the IRS information on bank accounts with more than $10,000 in annual deposits. The lawmakers told House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter that they could not support the proposal after hearing from “hundreds of…

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Sunday she expects the chamber to pass the bipartisan infrastructure plan by week’s end, and alternatives to corporate tax hikes and a “billionaires tax” will be used to finance President Biden’s promised expansion to the social safety net. Why it matters: Pelosi’s comments come…

House speaker Nancy Pelosi expressed confidence on Sunday that a deal between Democrats to salvage Joe Biden’s ambitious social agenda was “pretty much there”, paving the way for a possible vote in Congress later this week. Her upbeat words came as the president was meeting in Delaware with the Senate…

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) did not issue a definitive answer about whether she will run for reelection in 2022 while she was being questioned during a Sunday morning interview. Pelosi, who was first elected to the House in 1986, was asked on CNN’s “State of the Union” if she…

Democrats ended the legislative week Friday without a “framework” agreement on their partisan spending and tax package, but leaders said they’d continue negotiating through the weekend on a handful of unresolved issues. Optimism was so high that Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters the House may vote on the budget reconciliation…

1/5 Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds her weekly press conference at the Capitol on Thursday. Pelosi said that Congress is getting close to a deal on Build Back Better, a massive social spending package. Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI | License Photo Oct. 21 (UPI) -- House Speaker…