“House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and female House Democrats are renewing a push for what they are calling a women’s economic agenda–with top priorities still equal pay for equal work and affordable day care.”

Pelosi said her motto has always been, “Don’t agonize, organize.”

“Every time I’ve talked to the president, I’ve told him how excited I am that he has [pre-k] in his budget,” Pelosi says. But Pelosi thinks there will be a time when Congress is ready to do bigger things. Wednesday’s event represents a first step towards preparing for that day. “It may take time,” she says, “but we want to get a running start.”

“I fully subscribe to the idea that we should have a House bill … we shouldn’t have to just accept the Senate bill,” Pelosi told TPM in a wide-ranging interview Wednesday. “However, there is a Senate bill. And that gives leverage to those who say ‘now pass something in the House. Pass something and go to conference.’ If you don’t, there will be strong public sentiment, to take up, give us a vote, on the Senate bill.”

“This admission by the court that this bill was unconstitutional was a very important decision for our country, for not only what it means in the lives of people, but also it sends a message of not to be frivolous with the issue of discrimination in our country, and that’s what this is about: discrimination,” she added.

“In an interview today, Pelosi said she hoped Boehner and Republicans had learned “lessons” from the farm bill debacle about the consequences of moving legislation too far to the right, and warned that doing so on immigration reform would alienate Dems just as Republican amendments to the farm bill did.”

“A majority of Republicans voted against the Violence Against Women Act, and they only brought it to the floor this year with great reluctance because we made it too hot to handle out there,” House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told The Huffington Post in an interview. “That may be what we have to do with these issues — paycheck fairness, child care, sick leave. As President Lincoln said, ‘Public sentiment is everything,’ and that’s where we have to take our fight.”

“House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, and U.S. Rep. Susan Davis, D-San Diego, led a seminar Monday on equality at Southwestern College and focused on the importance of mentoring and creating opportunities for young, minority women.”

“This is an environment that is almost rigged, intentionally or not, wittingly or not, rigged so that the status quo just goes on,” Pelosi told The Huffington Post in an interview. “We have to kick open the door and make our own environment, reduce the role of money [in campaigns], insist on the civility of debates, and bring more women here, and that’s a better reflection of our country.”

“The message sent to members is that the ACA is about securing affordable, quality and accessible health care as a right for all Americans, as well as improving wellness, prevention and overall health. Democratic leaders stress that there is already a lot of good news — such as 105 million Americans already having access to preventive services without a co-pay and 17 million children who can no longer get denied because of pre-existing conditions.”