Latest news from Pelosi watch http://pelosiwatch.us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 19:31:23 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pelosiwatch.us/content/20100725611/Newsflash-Items/7/25/2010.html Dear Friends of Pelosi Watch,We try to update Pelosi Watch as much as possible; however, we are not always able to. Please look for recent posts under News and Website Links if you have not seen a new front page in several days. That is where you'll be able to find the newest links.Best Regards,Pelosi WatchPelosi: Dems Still At Impasse Over Derivatives (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Finance-Industry-Regulation/Pelosi-Dems-Still-At-Impasse-Over-Derivatives.html) House and Senate leaders are still at an impasse over derivatives language in the financial regulatory reform bill, as conferees try to hammer out a compromise between the two versions. TPMDC; June 24, 2010Pep Rally for an Uneasy... Sun, 25 Jul 2010 22:23:12 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/content/20100708610/Newsflash-Items/7/8/2010.html Oustinovskaya: Pelosi's top donors are labor unions and friends (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Campaign-Finance-and-Electoral-Reform/ianna-Oustinovskaya-Pelosi-s-top-donors-are-labor-unions-and-friends.html) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has relied on labor unions and friends for most of her campaign funding since she first ran for Congress in 1987, according to a report released last week. SF Gate; June 16, 2010Groups to Pelosi: Drop NRA exemption on campaign finance bill (../News-and-Website-Links/Gun-Control/Groups-to-Pelosi-Drop-NRA-exemption-on-campaign-finance-bill.html) Forty-five political and advocacy groups, including the Alliance for Justice, the League of Conservation Voters, and the Sierra Club, have warned House Speaker Nancy Pelosi that they will oppose ... Boston Globe; 6/16/2010Climate change legislation teetering after setbacks from Oval Office and Congress (../News-and-Website-Links/Global-Warming/Climate-change-legislation-teetering-after-setbacks-from-Oval-Office-and-Congress.html) Climate change legislation appears dead after two... Thu, 08 Jul 2010 21:19:34 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/content/20100616609/Newsflash-Items/6/16/2010.html Top US Democrats: 'Israel Has Right to Defend Itself' (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Middle-East/Top-US-Democrats-Israel-Has-Right-to-Defend-Itself.html) U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi went on the offensive Wednesday to defend Israel's right to protect its territorial waters. Israel National News; June 3, 2010Is this the week Israel became a real political issue? (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Middle-East/Is-this-the-week-Israel-became-a-real-political-issue.html) When Israel's right-wing leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, paid a visit to Washington in March, the left-wing speaker, Nancy Pelosi, proclaimed: In Congress, we speak with one voice on the subject Israel. Salon; June 4, 2010Avalos, Maxwell Sponsor Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack on Aid Flotilla (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Middle-East/Avalos-Maxwell-Sponsor-Resolution-Condemning-Israeli-Attack-on-Aid-Flotilla.html) San Francisco supervisors John Avalos and Sophie Maxwell introduced a resolution yesterday condemning... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:26:20 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/content/20100616608/Newsflash-Items/6/16/2010.html Ed Markey: We’re stuck with BP in Gulf disaster (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Environment/Ed-Markey-We%E2%80%99re-stuck-with-BP-in-Gulf-disaster.html) ... Markey’s comments came after he and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi bashed away at BP during a Watertown event to promote clean-energy technology. Boston Herald; June 3, 2010Pelosi, Markey tout stimulus at Watertown firm (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Transportation/Pelosi-Markey-tout-stimulus-at-Watertown-firm.html) US Representative Edward J. Markey and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi discussed the federal stimulus program and its effect on employment Wednesday as they toured a Watertown company ... Boston Globe; June 3, 2010Reid, Pelosi head for climate clash (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Global-Warming/Reid-Pelosi-head-for-climate-clash.html) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) are headed for a clash over energy and climate legislation. ... Pelosi says the “climate... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:23:26 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/content/20100616607/Newsflash-Items/6/16/2010.html House adds ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal to defense authorization (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Social-Justice/House-adds-%E2%80%98don%E2%80%99t-ask-don%E2%80%99t-tell%E2%80%99-repeal-to-defense-authorization.html) ... “”Under Don’t ask, Don’t Tell, more than 13,000 men and women in uniform have been discharged from the military,” Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said in a speech before the vote. NM Indep.; May 28, 2010Labrador blasts Minnick for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ vote (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Social-Justice/Labrador-blasts-Minnick-for-%E2%80%98don%E2%80%99t-ask-don%E2%80%99t-tell%E2%80%99-vote.html) ... The Clinton Administration found a practical solution to this problem which guarded the military’s integrity. But Nancy Pelosi wanted to appease her base. ... Idaho Reporter; May 30, 2010Pelosi: If the House takes up legislation to gut a free and open Internet “it’s not... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 14:12:57 +0100