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Heritage Action for America, the Heritage Foundation’s grassroots advocacy spin-off, is urging congressional leaders to sign on to Iowa Rep. Steve King’s discharge petition, aimed at repealing Obamacare. (more)

This week in San Francisco a new executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom takes effect, banning soft drinks from all vending machines on city property and replacing them with juice and soy milk. I think we are all familiar with this sort of micro-regulation of individual behavior in the name of uber-nannyism, so there is nothing about this story that is particularly novel. (more)

Unemployment benefits are creating jobs faster than practically any other program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday. (more)

SAN FRANCISCO – San Francisco could soon start requiring retailers to post notices showing how much radiation is emitted by the cell phones they sell. (more)

The Office of Congressional Ethics, a powerful symbol of Democrats’ promise to “drain the swamp” in Washington, is in danger of having its power stripped after the midterm elections. (more)

Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina didn’t think it would be so easy. Both women fought hard and campaigned like champions. Both Women had Republican challengers that ran aggressive campaigns against them. But both Carly and Meg won big. And both races were over shortly after 9 p.m. (more)

House Democrats are scrambling to jumpstart a long-stalled effort to trim the federal budget, spurred by deficit worries that have left them unable to push much of their agenda. (more)

In the 1980s, the radical left presented the nation with a new conspiracy theory: Ronald Reagan, the CIA, and congressional conservatives were conspiring with South American drug dealers to flood our cities with crack cocaine. Their alleged goal was the eradication of an increasingly influential demographic made up of inner city youth. Legends about midnight dope shipments, unmarked planes, and mysterious government airstrips were, by the end of the decade, commonplace. There was never any evidence to support the speculation, but that never stopped race baiters like Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan from repeating it. In reality, it was simply another lie, propped up by Democrats who sought to exploit the destructive effects of addiction for political gain. These days, drugs are flooding in from Mexico at a catastrophic rate and if liberals want to hold someone responsible, they need look no further than their own Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi. (more)

Our country is facing still endures the Great Recession that has put approximately 10 percent of our nation out of a job. It is estimated that many more have given up searching for a job and others still are under-employed, meaning that they are working part-time without benefits. Many Americans curtailed excess spending and are saving money in case of a rainy day. Most people, when they are facing severe debt and drowning in bills for instance, do not decide this would be a good time to remodel their kitchen. (more)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is renewing her call on committee chairmen to take a more active role in chipping away at the federal budget, part of a broader attempt to demonstrate that Democrats are serious about fiscal discipline. (more)

Many empty promises have been made to the American people in the past year and half, starting with a promise for “Change in Washington.” Unfortunately, what they’ve seen happening for the past 15 months isn’t the change people were bargaining to see. (more)

In the closing days of the Congressional health care debate, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told the National Association of Counties: “We have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it.” Today marks the end of just the first week of life under Obamacare and Speaker Pelosi has been proven right: we are just now finding out what is in it. This past Friday, AT&T, the biggest U.S. telephone company, announced that it would take a $1 billion charge against earnings thanks to tax changes buried in the 2,300+ page bill. $1 billion. That is a full third of AT&T’s $3 billion earnings for the fourth quarter of 2009. (more)

Buoyed by adoring supporters in her home district, Nancy Pelosi scorned her Republican critics Monday, saying they “have nothing to sell” to the American people except a crude caricature of her as the midterm elections approach. (more)

Several weeks ago, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the health care bill had to be passed so “you can know what’s in it.” Conservatives pounced on the opportunity to hammer her, and the clip soon became a laughingstock. (more)

Today marks the 70th birthday for Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Nancy has certainly evolved over the past seven decades, looking…um….different with time. With the biggest feather in her cap being the health care bill recently passed, it is appropriate to celebrate the force that is Nancy Pelosi. Here’s to you Mrs. Pelosi, you certainly are the San Francisco treat! (more)

House Democrats are so worried about having to defend the Cornhusker Kickback and other special deals in the Senate bill that Speaker Pelosi can’t get the 216 votes she needs from her caucus to pass it. (more)

President Obama’s health care bill will not be scored by the Congressional Budget Office and released to House Democrats and the public until Thursday at some point, and maybe as late as the afternoon, three House Democratic leaders said late Wednesday. (more)

House Republicans say they cannot block a Democratic maneuver that would allow Members to avoid a separate vote on the Senate health care bill. (more)

“We have to pass the bill so you can see what’s in it.”  Nancy Pelosi, Speaking Tuesday to the 2010 Legislative Conference for the National Association of Counties. (more)

If Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) does in fact step down from his House seat today to focus on his run for Georgia governor, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D) will find it offsets one of the Democratic votes she’s already lost on the health care reform bill. (more)