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Pelosi: Yes, This Is a 'Constitutional Crisis'

House speaker suggests other contempt charges might follow

(Newser) - Amid Wednesday's extraordinary day on Capitol Hill—one that featured a presidential declaration of executive privilege, followed by a House panel vote to hold the attorney general in contempt—Rep. Jerry Nadler declared that the nation was in a "constitutional crisis." On Thursday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi...

Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear
Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear
May 5, 2019 12:35 PM CDT

Pelosi Reveals Her 2020 Fear

The House speaker talks Trump, impeachment, and elections

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi doesn't just want President Trump to lose in 2020—she wants him to lose big enough that he can't challenge the outcome. "We have to inoculate against that, we have to be prepared for that," she tells the New York Times . Similar thinking consumed...

Nancy Pelosi: William Barr Committed a Crime

Speaker accuses attorney general of lying to Congress

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi just raised the stakes in Democrats' criticism of Attorney General William Barr: The House speaker accused him of breaking the law. "He lied to Congress," Pelosi said at a news conference, reports the Washington Post . “The attorney general of the United States was not telling...

Trump, Schumer, Pelosi Agree on a Number: $2T

That's how much they want to spend on infrastructure

(Newser) - We have a figure: After a 90-minute meeting with President Trump on Tuesday, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi said they collectively agreed to spend $2 trillion repairing America's crumbling infrastructure. That may have been the easy part. What they did not agree on is where the money would come...

Pelosi Urges Dems to Hold Off on Impeachment

'This isn't about Democrats or Republicans. It's about saving our democracy'

(Newser) - Democratic lawmakers eager to begin impeachment proceedings against President Trump in the wake of the Mueller report were disappointed Monday night. Sources tell the Washington Post that in a conference call with lawmakers, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other senior Democrats said there were no immediate plans for impeachment. The...

Warren Waited for Mueller, Now Wants Impeachment

Report makes the next step clear, senator and candidate says

(Newser) - Elizabeth Warren had said she wanted to see the complete report on the Russia election interference investigation before deciding whether to support impeachment proceedings. Now that she's seen Robert Mueller's full report, CNN reports, she's tweeted her decision. "The severity of this misconduct demands that elected...

Pelosi Disses Trump, and He Fires Back

President criticizes 60 Minutes 'puff piece,' escalates criticism of Pelosi's defense of Omar

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi appeared on 60 Minutes Sunday night, and she didn't have much good to say about President Trump. Among her lines: "There's nobody in the country who knows better that he should not be president of the United States than Donald Trump," she told Lesley...

Pelosi Lays Bare Her Feelings About Barr

The Democrat says she's 'very concerned' about Barr's handling of the Mueller report

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Wednesday she doesn't trust Attorney General William Barr and suggested his statement that he believes President Donald Trump's campaign was spied on undermines Barr's independence as the nation's top law enforcement officer. The California Democrat said in an interview with the...

Nancy Pelosi Offers Advice to Joe Biden

Speaker says he should join the 'straight-arm club' and shake hands instead of hug

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi doesn't think Joe Biden's new controversy should keep him out of the 2020 race. "I don't think it's disqualifying," she told reporters Tuesday, reports Politico . But the House speaker, a strong backer of the #MeToo movement, passed along some related advice to...

Democrats 'Thrilled' by Trump's ObamaCare Move

Return to issue 'a birthday present for Pelosi'

(Newser) - Democrats feeling dejected after the Robert Mueller report failed to meet their expectations didn't have to wait long for a boost. On Monday, the Trump administration asked a federal appeals court to strike down ObamaCare , giving Democrats an opportunity to return to a key campaign issue. The administration, which...

After Mueller, Democrats Try to Navigate a Tricky Line

Pelosi wants members to stop talking about collusion

(Newser) - The Mueller report has left Democrats in a bind, and the Hill sums it up: More liberal supporters don't want them to let up on aggressive oversight of President Trump, but they risk alienating a large group of moderate voters who have investigation "fatigue." A few stories...

Pelosi Closes Pence's House Office Space

He was first VP to get bonus office in 25 years, Democrats say

(Newser) - The Democrats are now in control of the House—and Mike Pence has lost the bonus office space he was awarded by the Republicans in 2017. A House Democratic aide confirms to NPR that the rarely used office has been reassigned under House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. As president of the...

Pelosi Says Trump 'Not Worth' Impeaching

House speaker is 'not for impeachment'

(Newser) - Impeach Trump? Not under Nancy Pelosi's watch. "I’m not for impeachment," the House speaker told the Washington Post in a wide-ranging interview. "This is news. I’m going to give you some news right now because I haven’t said this to any press person...

NRA Magazine's 'Target Practice' Headline Sparks Furor

Headline was coupled with photo of Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords

(Newser) - The headline reads "Target Practice," and the photo shows Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords, and others. They appeared as part of an article in the March issue of the NRA's monthly magazine, American Rifleman, and the backlash has been fierce, the New York Times reports. The article is...

House Democrats Move to 'Terminate' National Emergency

Resolution to block Trump's declaration coming Friday: AP

(Newser) - House Democrats will file a resolution Friday aimed at blocking the national emergency declaration President Trump has issued to help finance his border wall, reports the AP . House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas circulated separate letters Wednesday to lawmakers seeking co-sponsors to his one-sentence resolution saying...

As Congress Passes Border Deal, Focus Turns to Trump

President has said he'll sign it, but declare emergency for border wall funds

(Newser) - Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise Thursday that would avert a second painful government shutdown, but a new confrontation was ignited—this time over President Trump's plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican...

In a Few Seconds of Applause, Pelosi Dished 'Acres of Shade'

The tweets came fast and furious

(Newser) - It was the applause heard round the world, except it was the sight, not the volume, of Nancy Pelosi clapping during President Trump's State of the Union address that has captivated the internet. As the president spoke out against "the politics of revenge," the House speaker rose...

Here's New Proposed Date for Trump's State of the Union

Pelosi invites him to give address Feb. 5, he accepts

(Newser) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has issued a new invitation to President Donald Trump to give his State of the Union speech on Feb. 5, the AP reports. Pelosi said in her formal letter that she and Trump spoke Monday and agreed on the new date. She wrote: "In our...

Pelosi: SOTU Still Won't Be Happening

The House speaker says it's still a work in progress

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi says the State of the Union address still isn't happening Tuesday, regardless of the government shutdown being on hold. "It's not happening on 1/29," a spokesman for Pelosi tells USA Today . A deal was reached Friday for the federal government to be reopened for...

Trump: I'm Open to 'Reasonable' Deal

Pelosi rejects wall 'down payment' proposal

(Newser) - Amid the longest government shutdown in US history, President Trump sounds ready to practice the art of the deal—or to let Mitch McConnell and Chuck Schumer do it for him. After two rival plans to reopen the government failed in the Senate on Thursday, the president said he would...

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