You can’t keep Nancy Pelosi down: The outgoing House speaker, who will stay on as minority leader, was defiant on her last day in the job, telling reporters that she has “no regrets.” Her Democratic caucus, she said, has “on any number of occasions…

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Pelosi: ‘We Have No Regrets’

Nancy Pelosi, who made history as the first female Speaker of the House, ends her tenure this week as a new Republican majority prepares to take power Wednesday.

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Pelosi tenure as House Speaker ends

Nancy Pelosi brought camera crews and dignitaries into her childhood Baltimore neighborhood where a street was being renamed in her honor, while John Boehner is bringing his 11 siblings from working-class Ohio to Washington for a private reunion. Pelosi was feted at the Italian Embassy as Tony…

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Boehner to take helm with show of austerity

New York – Democratic lawmakers will attempt to summon up their waning power by using the so-called “lame duck” session of Congress to pass what will likely be the closest they will get to comprehensive immigration reform. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid will shepherd remaining members of their dwindling flock to pass the DREAM Act, which provides a six- year conditional path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. by their parents before they were 16 years of age. read more

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Clock Ticks on Immigration Reform Bill

Washington – Ronald Reagan (bless his sense of humor) loved to say that the problem with his administration was that the right hand didn’t know what the far right hand was doing. Something of that sort is happening among conservatives on the supposed urgency of closing the federal budget deficit. read more

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E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Calling the Bluff on Deficits

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Democrats elected Rep. Nancy Pelosi as minority leader Wednesday, turning to the once-powerful speaker to oversee a shrunken and demoralized caucus.

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Pelosi to lead Democrats; path is unclear

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has struck a deal that ends the leadership fight for the No.2 slot in the new House minority, Democratic sources tell CNN. South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn and Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer were vying to become Democratic whip.

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House Democrats reach leadership deal

Washington – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calmly assessing the political cyclone that just two days earlier had routed her Democratic majority and will, at least temporarily, force her to vacate one of the best offices in the city and its inspirational view of the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. read more

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E.J. Dionne, Jr. | Pelosi’s No Regrets

Experts discuss Nancy Pelosi and how weakened congressional Democrats can recover.

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What’s next for Pelosi and Democrats in Congress?

House speaker says Democrats have nothing to regret or apologize for.

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Why Pelosi is running for House minority leader