Latest news from Pelosi watch http://pelosiwatch.us Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:36:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://pelosiwatch.us/20100311593/Newsflash-Items/March-11-2010.html House vetoes call to withdraw from AfghanistanJim Abrams, Associated PressThursday, March 11, 2010The House on Wednesday soundly rejected an effort by anti-war lawmakers to force a withdrawal of all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by the end of the year.Read story here. (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Afghanistan/House-vetoes-call-to-withdraw-from-Afghanistan.html)H.CON.RES.248 -- Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Afghanistan/H.CON.RES.248-Troop-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan.html) Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan. Defeated ignominiously on March 10, 2010.H.CON.RES.248 -- Troop withdrawal from Afghanistan; the roll call (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Afghanistan/H.CON.RES.248-Troop-withdrawal-from-Afghanistan-the-roll-call.html) The roll call vote. 60 Democrats: Yea; 5 Republicans: Yea. Nancy Pelosi not voting. Most of the rest in lockstep... Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:11:51 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/20100310591/Newsflash-Items/March-10-2010.html Pelosi Aide: Health Care May Be Put Off Until Easter (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Health-Care/Pelosi-Aide-Health-Care-May-Be-Put-Off-Until-Easter.html) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's top health policy aide laid out a way forward today and said reform should be close to finished by Easter recess. Huffington Post; February 9, 2010Democrats and Republicans trade barbs over health care’s cost to seniors (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Health-Care/Democrats-and-Republicans-trade-barbs-over-health-care%E2%80%99s-cost-to-seniors.html) ... Democrats have attacked Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget proposal as the end of Medicare “as we know it.” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi flung the charge at Ryan in a speech on Friday. The DC; February 9, 2010Obama begins bipartisan meeting with call for cooperation (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/The-White-House/Obama-begins-bipartisan-meeting-with-call-for-cooperation.html) ... The guest list included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid... Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:30:41 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/20100304590/Newsflash-Items/March-3-2010.html Dear Friends of Pelosi Watch,In the past few weeks, we have been consumed with the project of saving public transportation. We are sorry to have neglected PelosiWatch.US and hope to get caught up by the middle of next week. In the meantime, dive right into the categories under News and Website links for the latest (or oldest) stories.Sincerely,Pelosi WatchMarch 3, 2010 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 00:28:58 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/20100126587/Newsflash-Items/1/25/2010.html In an election that was watched closely worldwide, Republican Scott Brown defeated Democrat Martha Coakley in the special election to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat of the late Edward Kennedy. (Kennedy was the Democrat who had championed the cause of health care reform for decades who died last summer.)The Democrats lost their filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, but does it matter? Should it matter? Or should the rest of the Democrats just get down to business and do the right thing -- pass a comprehensive health care reform act that mirrors the kind of affordable, quality health... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 02:05:33 +0100 http://pelosiwatch.us/20100126586/Newsflash-Items/1/25/10.html H.R. 1409: Employee Free Choice Act of 2009 (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Social-Justice/H.R.-1409-Employee-Free-Choice-Act-of-2009.html) To amend the National Labor Relations Act to establish an efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, to provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair ... GovTrack; Linked on Jan. 24, 2010 Pelosi and Reid Formally Invite President Obama to Deliver State of the Union Address (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/The-White-House/Pelosi-and-Reid-Formally-Invite-President-Obama-to-Deliver-State-of-the-Union-Address.html) Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid sent the following letter today to President Obama inviting him to deliver a State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, January 27, 2010. PR Newswire; Jan. 2010Pelosi: Claims about GOP midterm momentum are 'hype and hyperbole' (http://pelosiwatch.us/News-and-Website-Links/Congress/Pelosi-Claims-about-GOP-midterm-momentum-are-hype-and-hyperbole.html) Republican... Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:59:47 +0100