Pelosi Elected to Lead Democrats in New Congress

House Democrats Learn Nothing from 2010 Midterm Elections Dems Elect Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader 150-43
Back to the Past … Pelosi rewarded for 2010 Midterm historic loss. The Democrat party in the Us House of Representatives has learned nothing from the will of the people and the 2010 Midterm Elections. The 60+ GOP gains on November 2, 2010 and a shift of power from the Democrats to the Republicans sent a clear message of the rejection of the Far Left Pelosi agenda. So what do the House Democrats do … elect Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader by a 150 to 43 margin of course. Nancy Pelo...

Anxious, feuding House Democrats keep Nancy Pelosi as their leader despite big election losses
WASHINGTON — House Democrats gambled Wednesday they can return to power under the same Leaders who just oversaw a 61-seat Election loss, choosing Nancy Pelosi to remain their Party chief when they become the Minority in January. Moderate Democrats pleaded for a change to show voters they understand the anger and unrest registered two weeks earlier on Election Day. And Pelosi didn't retain her Leadership without a fight, defeating Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, 150-43, in secret ba...

House Democrats keep Nancy Pelosi as leader
WASHINGTON — House Democrats gambled Wednesday they can return to power under the same Leaders who just oversaw a 61-seat Election loss, choosing Nancy Pelosi to remain their Party chief when they become the Minority in January. Moderate Democrats pleaded for a change to show voters they understand the anger and unrest registered two weeks earlier on Election Day. And Pelosi didn’t retain her Leadership without a fight, defeating Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, 150-43, in secret...

House Democrats elect Pelosi as leader
Reporting from Washington — Outgoing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday overcame divisions within her dispirited Democratic Caucus to remain her Party's Leader, even after a member of the Rank and File who lost his Reelection bid called her "the face of our defeat" in this month's GOP blowout. Pelosi won the Minority Leader's job on a 150-43 secret-ballot vote that laid bare deep divisions within her Caucus over whether the San Francisco liberal was the right person to try to lead ...

Why Nancy Pelosi remains leader of House Democrats despite huge loss
Nancy Pelosi wins her bid to remain leader of the House Democrats, as Leadership on both sides of the aisle remains largely the same - despite Election 2010's mandate for change. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks at a news Conference on Capitol Hill Wednesday after being reelected as the leader of the House Democrats. Call it a triumph of inside politics. While Midterms 2010 felt like a Tsunami outside of Washington, the waves didn’t reach Capitol Hill's corner offices, where House...

Nancy Pelosi Elected House Minority Leader
WASHINGTON — House Democrats elected Nancy Pelosi to remain as their Leader Wednesday despite massive party losses in this month's congressional Elections that prompted some lawmakers to call for new leadership. Pelosi, the nation's first female House Speaker, will become Minority Leader when Republicans assume the Majority in the new Congress in January. She defeated moderate Democratic Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, 150-43, in secret balloting in a lengthy closed-door gathering o...

Why Nancy Pelosi remains leader of House Democrats despite huge loss (The Christian Science Monitor)
Washington – Call it a triumph of inside politics. While Midterms 2010 felt like a Tsunami outside of Washington, the waves didn’t reach Capitol Hill's corner offices, where House Leadership teams in both parties barely budged. Despite presiding over the loss of more than 60 seats in Midterm Elections, Speaker Nancy Pelosi today retained control of her Caucus, with only token opposition. Just minutes later, incoming 61st Speaker John Boehner - who overcame Tea Party critics and a...

Pelosi elected House minority leader, Democrats avoid self-destructive bloodletting
By Michael J.W. Stickings As expected, House Democrats have chosen Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader, essentially keeping the party's Leadership intact after the Midterms. Last week, I wrote about why this is a good idea. Basically, in ensures unity and continuity at a time when Democrats need to move forward by defending their impressive record (Health-care Reform, Wall Street Reform, the stimulus, the Bailouts, etc.), not by making a show of throwing out those who helped guide the party to tho...

Nancy Pelosi elected Democrats' minority leader
(11-18) 04:00 PST Washington -- House Democrats on Wednesday elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead them in the Minority, even after she presided over a 62-seat loss for her Party in this month's Midterm Elections that gave Republicans control of the House. Backed by the powerful California delegation, especially the Veteran Democrats who surround her San Francisco district, Pelosi quashed a challenge by conservative North Carolina Democrat and former NFL Quarterback Heath Shuler. The vote was 1...

Pelosi Prevails Over Uneasy Democratic Caucus
For hours Wednesday morning and afternoon, while House Republicans went through an almost perfunctory exercise of electing the next Speaker of the House, Democrats vented steam over the results of the November 2nd election. Dozens rebelled against the existing Leadership team. Others simply were too shell-shocked to give Nancy Pelosi a vote of confidence so soon after their party lost over 60 seats. When all was said and done, the Leadership team will be the same as last last year's. Pelosi w...

Democrats Keep Pelosi; Boehner Is Speaker Candidate
WASHINGTON — Representative Nancy Pelosi was returned as the House Democratic Leader on Wednesday on a vote that exposed clear unease among some colleagues about her remaining as the party’s most visible figure in the House after deep losses in the November Elections. The latest on President Obama, the new Congress and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. Ms. Pelosi, who will hand over the speaker’s gavel at the beginning of the new Congress i...

The unfavorable Pelosi
Image by Getty Images via @daylife Nate Silver: House Democrats voted Wednesday to keep House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California as their Leader, despite a challenge from Representative Heath Shuler of North Carolina, a Blue Dog Democrat. After yesterday’s article in which I pointed out that, indeed, there was evidence that Health Care bill and the federal Bailout package had hurt Democrats in this month’s Elections — a conclusion that a lot of our readers considered to be se...

Dana Milbank - A vote of not much confidence in Nancy Pelosi
History will record that Nancy Pelosi won her bid to remain House Democratic leader by a comfortable margin. But nobody who heard Democratic lawmakers going in and out of the Cannon Caucus Room on Wednesday could call it a victory. This Story A vote of not much confidence in Nancy Pelosi The bad omen in Democrats' reorganization of House Leadership "The truth is that Nancy Pelosi's season has passed," said Rep. Allen Boyd (Fla.), one of more than 60 Democrats who lost their seats on...

Pelosi easily elected minority leader
The House Democrats have elected Nancy Pelosi Minority Leader in the 112th Congress by a vote of 150 to 43. Pelosi defeated Rep. Heath Shuler of North Carolina, one of the moderate Democrats who questioned the wisdom of keeping Pelosi in a leadership position following the historic losses the party suffered in the Nov. 2 Elections. House floor: Rep. Duncan blasts Chertoff, TSA screening Rep. Jim Duncan, R-Tenn., blasted the “sweetheart, insider deals” by which nude-scanner companies...

Pelosi to lead House Dems again, Boener voted speaker
Nancy Pelosi bore a heavy share of criticism for the Democrats' bruising losses in the Midterm Elections, but on Wednesday the 70-year-old California congresswoman was once again elected to lead her party in the House when it resumes for its 112th session in January. Pelosi beat out Rep. Heath Shuler (D-North Carolina) in a secretly held internal party vote by 150 to 43. "Our consensus is that we go out there listening to the American People," Ms. Pelosi said after the vote. "It's about jobs, ...

Pelosi elected Dem leader (Daily Caller)
After weeks of uncertainty among Democrats over the future of House Leadership, the Party elected Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader in a 150 to 43 vote. They also elected Maryland Rep. Steny Hoyer for whip and South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn as assistant Leader. North Carolina Rep. Health Shuler, leader of the fiscally conservative Blue Dog Coalition, who challenged Pelosi for the party’s top slot, acknowledged he did not have enough votes to win but led a small contingent of the Party a...

David S. Broder - The bad omen in Democrats' reorganization of House leadership
When the rules of the House of Representatives forced the Democrats to confront a painful choice among their Leaders, they did what Democrats are often inclined to do. They changed the rules. This Story A vote of not much confidence in Nancy Pelosi The bad omen in Democrats' reorganization of House Leadership Usually, such a stunt would matter only to the members affected by the change. But this one sends a dangerous signal at a crucial moment, when both parties are being tested on their will...

Nancy Pelosi elected Democrats' minority leader
(11-18) 04:00 PST Washington -- House Democrats on Wednesday elected Speaker Nancy Pelosi to lead them in the Minority, even after she presided over a 62-seat loss for her Party in this month's Midterm Elections that gave Republicans control of the House. Backed by the powerful California delegation, especially the Veteran Democrats who surround her San Francisco district, Pelosi quashed a challenge by conservative North Carolina Democrat and former NFL Quarterback Heath Shuler. The vote was 1...

House Democrats Elect Nancy Pelosi as Minority Leader
After a mid-term wipe out in the House, losing 60+ seats, Democrats have chosen to go down the same road that was overwhelmingly rejected by the voters. This party is completely out of touch with the American People and my hope is that they lose another 50+ seats in 2012 150 votes for Pelosi, 43 votes for Heath Shuler thehill.com Despite the party's drubbing in the Midterm Elections, Speaker Nancy Pelosi will remain the Democratic Leader in the next Congress. Members of the Caucus voted overwhe...

Pelosi To Stay As Dem Leader; Boehner Slam Dunk For Speaker
The House Democrats and Republicans both held their Leadership Elections on Wednesday for the new Congress. The parties met with their new members to organize for the upcoming 112th Congress, which will start in January. The Republicans were upbeat and well-organized. The Democrats were dispirited, disorganized, and divided. The Democrats spent the day in closed-door meetings in the Canon House Office Building, across the street from the Capitol. Their Elections for the new Congress were conte...

Pelosi keeps party helm
Despite objections from U.S. Rep. Mike Ross of Arkansas, House Democrats voted Wednesday to retain the Leadership team that presided over their losses at the polls less than a month ago. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi fended off challenges from moderate and liberal members of her Caucus and will serve as House Minority Leader in the next Congress. But her election illuminated deep divides among Democrats in Congress’ lower chamber. Meeting privately in a House Office Building for the second...

We Should Have Dumped Pelosi
On Thursday, the House Democratic Caucus selected Nancy Pelosi as the Minority Leader. A few hours earlier, Quinnipiac University released its latest survey, which sheds some interesting light on that decision. Included in the survey was a standard question that Quinnipiac has asked for several years: Is your opinion of Nancy Pelosi favorable, unfavorable, or haven’t you heard enough about her? Her...

"A vote of not much confidence in Nancy Pelosi."
Dana Milbank highlights the negativity: The first rebuke of Pelosi by her colleagues came Tuesday, when Democratic Dissidents forced a six-hour Caucus meeting to vent their frustrations. The next blow came Wednesday, when the Dissidents forced a secret ballot on whether to postpone a vote on Pelosi - and then won a larger-than-expected 68 votes. That essentially meant a vote of no-confidence in Pelosi by 35 percent of the incoming Democratic Caucus. And in yet another rebuke of the fallen speak...

House Republicans Back No-Earmarks Rule
Republicans in the House of Representatives voted on Thursday in favor of a rule banning special-purpose spending provisions known as Earmarks from being inserted in Legislation in the next Congress. While the Caucus has approved similar motions before, this time, because the new Congress will have a Republican majority, what they say now goes: Under the rule, House Democrats will not be allowed to insert Earmarks, either. “Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith wi...

Put Your Medicare Where Your Mouth Is
More of this, Democrats: Republican lawmakers who oppose the Democrats’ Health reforms should give up their Taxpayer-subsidized Health Insurance and pay for their own coverage, say a group of progressive House Democrats. In a letter to soon-to-be House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, the Democrats urged Republicans to stick to their principles opposing government-run Health Care and give up their own congressional Health Care plan. “You cannot enrol...