A big story today concerned ethics investigations into Heath Shuler’s alleged use of his power to obtain a special deal on TVA property. I only care because I’m tying my brain in pretzels trying to figure out why Republicans want to give Speaker Pelosi power by creating public will in [...]
Speaking to students at a private school in Asheville Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Heath Shuler said Speaker Nancy Pelosi is not the evil boogeywoman some on the right like to make her out as.
"She's the most misunderstood person in Washington," said Shuler, who often breaks with the [...]
This is incredible.
To all who would cast U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as political villain, Heath Shuler had this to say: “She’s the most misunderstood person in Washington.”
Along with questions about health care reform and cap-and-trade legislation, students wanted to know what Pelosi is like as a person.
“She’s very misunderstood,” [...]
WRAL has the breakdown of how North Carolina’s Representatives voted on the PelosiCare monstrosity over the weekend:
Eight of North Carolina’s 13 representatives, including three Democrats, voted against the health care overhaul bill approved by the House of Representatives Saturday.
According to the House’s online records, Democratic Reps. Larry Kissel, [...]
To get the Democratic votes for the narrow victory on Saturday for the House's "Affordable Health Care for America Act," Speaker Nancy Pelosi was forced into a corner by the Blue Dogs, led by Rep. Bart Stupak of Michigan. She allowed a vote on the' [...] 
HR 3962, the infamous Pelosi health care bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives last night by a mere five votes. This doesn’t mean that we’re doomed. The U.S. Senate still has their own version to pass and then it has to be reconciled with the House bill and both [...]
Several sources are saying that Rep. Heath Shuler, D-NC, has finally climbed down off the fence and will vote no on the health care takeover bill. Looks like Nancy Pelosi has corralled her 218 votes and has told Shuler he’s free to vote against it.
[...]The Washington Post has some great information on what to watch for today/tonight as the House debates — and presumably votes — on the job-killing, freedom-killing health care bill known as HR 3962.
For example:
Beware of the blue screen: Pelosi has exuded confidence that she will have the requisite 218 [...]
If you've been following the announcements coming out about the healthcare debate over the past two days they have certainly included some mixed messages. A couple of days ago I received an email from PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) excited that Speaker Pelosi was going to allow a 20 minute' [...]
Queen Pelosi has set a vote for this Saturday, November 7th for the $1.05 trillion tyrannical health care bill they have pieced together in the House. The Democrats hold 258 House seats; 218 aye votes are needed to pass, which means 41 Democrats need to defect from their party [...]
Rep. Howard Coble, a Greensboro Republican, took less than a minute to speak on the floor of the House today about health care reform. He targeted the health insurance bill backed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, which would include a public option insurer – ie: a health insurance option provided [...]
WBT, News Talk 1110 FM out of Charlotte, this evening hosted an interview with Ryan Ellis of Americans for Tax Reform. Ellis discussed the 1990 page “Affordable Healthcare Bill” unveiled today by Nancy Pelosi.
Ellis said he didn’t read the entire bill, but he’s been reading bills for ten years, so [...]
On the same spot that a million Americans gathered in friendly and tidy protest on Sept. 12, Nancy Pelosi and her Democratic underground held an invitation-only, no-public-allowed ceremony to unveil their abomination of a health care bill, all 1,990 pages of it, costing $2.2 million a word:
House Democrats [...]
The Democrats in Congress are ready to unveil their version of the health care bill. To the dismay of most Americans, it’s not much different than the last disaster they pushed out of committee known as H.R. 3200, which the public soundly rejected. This bill will cost near one trillion [...]
Secretary of State Elaine Marshall has assembled a veteran team of political consultants to help her in her bid for the U.S. Senate.
Her pollster is Celinda Lake of Washington, who has worked for candidates ranging from former President Bill Clinton and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi [...]
