Nancy Pelosi

Lawmakers press Pentagon, VA to cooperate on claims backlog

2013-05-22 16:04:00

A bipartisan group of lawmakers pressed the Obama administration Wednesday to reduce the backlog of disability claims at the Department of Veterans Affairs by improving cooperation between the several agencies that have a role in the process. Senators...

Hackers pose a serious threat to U.S. small business

2013-05-05 09:30:00

When I bought Marlin Steel in 1998, the extent of its technology was an old fax machine. Today, our factory is full of industrial robots that are fed computer-aided designs and churn out steel containers for industry 60 times faster than before. We're...

Nancy Pelosi to speak at UB law commencement

2013-04-24 13:09:00

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, a Baltimore native, will deliver the commencement address at the University of Baltimore law school in May, the congresswoman's office said Wednesday. Pelosi, a California Democrat, will also be awarded an honorary...

Can Obama sell 'chained CPI'?

2013-04-11 00:00:00

President Barack Obama didn't release his proposed budget for 2014 until Wednesday, but liberals and the AARP have been howling all week about something they expected to be in it. What has our president done to provoke such outrage among his supporters?...

Let's go with GOP budget

2013-03-21 06:00:00

Comparing the House and Senate federal budget proposals should make the decision a no-brainer. Do we want a $7 billion surplus per the Republican budget or a $566 billion deficit per the Democratic budget? This would be simple except that the American...

Wrong to blame GOP for showdown

2013-02-25 05:15:00

What a joke your editorial regarding pending federal budget cuts is ("The GOP sequester," Feb. 22). Do you not research information anymore, or do you just call up some liberal Democrats for advice? Maybe you're just blind and believe anything that...

Sequestration: How we got here

2013-02-25 06:00:00

Sequestration is an extremely crude way to cut approximately 2 percent of federal spending. It is analogous to forcing a grossly obese person to lose a few pounds by not feeding him for a few days. On this issue, at least, it appears that Republicans...

A weak Boehner is bad for the GOP, Obama and America

2013-01-07 08:07:00

Only a few days into the new year, the Grand Old Party has a huge political hangover from the events that rang in the tidings of 2013. First came the escape from the fiscal cliff that saw its speaker of the House, John Boehner, embarrassed by his flock'...

Bring on the midterms: GOP still has plenty of opportunity for gains

2013-02-10 05:00:00

Last week's column chronicled a dire set of circumstances regarding our economy and culture at the onset of Obama II. This status quo is complicated by an aggressive liberal establishment attempting to take advantage of the president's post-election...

Baltimore native Pelosi picks 49ers

2013-01-23 12:57:00

WASHINGTON -- She was born in Baltimore, but House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi is rooting for San Francisco. Asked which team she will back in the Super Bowl, the daughter of former Baltimore Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Jr. said she would have to side...

Hoyer, Van Hollen: No more cuts to federal workforce

2012-12-16 07:38:49

As the fiscal cliff looms, two of Maryland's most influential congressmen have a message for those looking to the federal workforce for more savings: Look somewhere else. "Federal workers have already been asked to sacrifice as part of the budget cuts...

Delaney, state's newest congressman, starts term

2013-01-03 16:50:00

Maryland's newest member of the House of Representatives, Democrat John Delaney, was sworn into office Thursday amid a flurry of symbolism and celebration but also apprehension over issues left unresolved by the last Congress. The Potomac banker, who...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi claps as the Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, is presented with a cake in honor of his 96th birthday during a special reception Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol.

2013-05-22 00:00:00

President Barack Obama, walking with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), leaves a meeting at the U.S. Capitol with the House Democratic Caucus, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 14, 2013. Earlier in the day, President Obama also met with the Senate Republican Conference.

2013-04-30 00:00:00

Democratic House Leader Nancy Pelosi, right, speaks about Los Angeles mayoral candidate Wendy Greuel, middle, during a roundtable of female leaders in Beverly Hills in early April. At left is Sen. Barbara Boxer.

2013-04-04 00:00:00