A month after joining Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi in a televised call to fight climate change in 2008, Newt Gingrich pivoted to a much different message: Increase domestic drilling and block legislation aimed at implementing a “cap-and-trade” system to curb carbon pollution. “We could drill here, drill now and pay less,” Gingrich said in a May 2008 video for his now-defunct nonprofit group, American Solutions for Winning the Future. Read full article > >

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Donations flowed to Gingrich’s nonprofit after he shifted on energy issues in 2008

We always thought Newt should never, ever have cozied up on that love seat with then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2008 to do that goofy climate change ad for Al Gore. And, indeed, it appears he’s still working hard to explain himself — about that and many other matters. We got an invitation the other day from legendary conservative fundraiser Richard Viguerie and veteran GOP strategist Diana Banister telling us that, “at the request of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich,” they had “arranged a private time for him to meet with a small group of conservative leaders and ask that you be part of the group.” Read full article > >

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Gingrich quietly courts conservatives

Calls Pelosi ‘Princess Nancy.’

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Cain Rejects Harassment Claims

Pelosi, Roemer latest politicians to endorse.

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Protests Spread Nationwide

In his news conference Thursday , President Obama unfortunately repeated a couple of stale talking points for which he had previously received Pinocchios.   “It is now up to all the senators, and hopefully all the members of the House, to explain to their constituencies why they would be opposed to common-sense ideas that historically have been supported by Democrats and Republicans in the past. . . . My expectation and hope is that everybody will vote for this jobs bill because it reflects those ideas that traditionally have been supported by both Democrats and Republicans.” Read full article > >

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The president’s news conference . . . and readers respond on Pelosi’s debt chart

House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to call on Anthony Weiner to resign Friday, saying such a decision is to be made by the “individual member” of Congress and his district. Pelosi has called for a House Ethics investigation into his…

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Pelosi: Weiner’s Fate Not My Call

House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) refused to call on Anthony Weiner to resign Friday, saying such a decision is to be made by the “individual member” of Congress and his district. Pelosi has called for a House Ethics investigation into his…

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Pelosi: Weiner’s Fate Not My Call

This day keeps getting worse and worse for Rep. Anthony Weiner. House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Rep. Steve Israel on Monday called for an ethics investigation into the New York Democrat’s…

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Pelosi: Ethics Inquiry Needed

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi says Democrats and President Obama will block proposals to defund the health-care law.

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Pelosi: Health-care defunding provision will not be signed into law

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has been hospitalized and released on Monday during a visit to Rome.

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Report: Nancy Pelosi briefly hospitalized in Rome

Editors Note: Update, the house voted to defund Planned Parenthood.

Editors Note: Update, the house voted to defund Planned Parenthood.

Speaking at a regular meeting of Democrats, a senior aide to Rep. Nancy Pelosi said that the odds are in favor of a government shutdown if Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on a federal budget. The remark became the focus of the meeting, with other…

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Pelosi Aide: Gov’t Shutdown Likely

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she believes women’s reproductive rights are under the “most radical assault” she has ever seen. There are currently three pieces of legislation that Republicans have put forward that would put…

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Pelosi: Women’s Rights Under Attack

President Obama’s headache begins now: The House’s new Republican majority begins its swearing-in ceremony at noon. The ceremony kicks off with a speech by outgoing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who will introduce incoming Speaker John Boehner. Boehner then…

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New GOP Majority Sworn In