Public Campaign Action Fund - Nancy Pelosi

The Reality

Katie Schlieper — Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:01:02 +0000

The more things change... Newly elected Speaker of House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pledged to win reforms to make the 110th Congress the most ethical and honest ever and on the eve of her swearing in, hosted a $1,000-a-head fundraiser. Proof positive that no matter your committment to reform, unless there's a viable way to run for office free of the money chase you have to play the game.

DeLay' laying the ground work for the Fall

David Donnelly — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 14:11:00 +0000

I'm not writing off the primary challengers. Who knows? But it's not likely any of them will knock him off.What is clear though, is that DeLay is running a smart campaign on the ground. He’s using a relatively new, innovative micro-ta...

Connecticut: Simmons and Courtney Spar Over Contributions

Rick Bielke — Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:13:00 +0000

Political contributions are becoming a hot topic in a congressional race in Connecticut. Incumbent Rep. Simmons is dogging challenger Joe Courtney over contributions he received from Rep. Pelosi's PAC. Simmons is getting heat for the $39,000 ...

DeLay's defense

David Donnelly — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 07:08:00 +0000

The indicted Tom DeLay has a choice. Play to the jury, or play to the public. Think selfishly about his own hide, or try to staunch the political wound cut deep into the Washington establishment he helped to build.It's clear that he's pursui...

DeLay More Concerned with Partisan Divides than the Truth

Meghan Scott — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:06:00 +0000

Democrats in Congress have asked for an independent panel, similar to that which investigated the events of September 11, to look into what went wrong in the federal government's bungled response to Hurricane Katrina.Embattled House Majority ...

With Friends Like These...

Meghan Scott — Fri, 13 May 2005 14:04:00 +0000

From ABC News' The Note: "Celebrity sightings include Bud Paxon and Susan Molinari; Frank Gaffney and James Guckert, heads together in a serious conversation; RNC chairman Ken Mehlman looking slightly uncomfortable as Morton Blackwell repea...

30 GOP members ramp up DeLay defense

David Donnelly — Thu, 28 Apr 2005 13:58:00 +0000

From the Hill:Reps. Tom Feeney (R-Fla.) and John Sweeney (R-N.Y.) have been meeting with 30 House Republicans over the past few weeks to coordinate a more aggressive strategy to defend Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), according to a Republ...

Tipping Point?

David Donnelly — Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:14:00 +0000

The Austin American-Statesman asks if DeLay is reaching a tipping point for the GOP... (from OfftheKuff.com) ...

Congressional Ethics Coalition sends a letter to Hastert and Pelosi

David Donnelly — Fri, 11 Mar 2005 15:14:00 +0000

We signed on to this letter (PDF) to House Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-IL) and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) urging that they initiate an ethics inquiry into the stories from this past week involving travel expenses paid for by regis...

Early coverage of today's civil trial

David Donnelly — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 23:22:00 +0000

Reuters on Wired.com.Also making today's wire story (read down) was House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi calling for an ethics investigation of DeLay for accepting travel paid for by a lobbyist, Jack Abramoff. (There's that name again.) ...