Tag: What’s Happening

Today, Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid sent the following letter to President Obama inviting him to deliver a State of the Union address to a Joint Session of Congress on Wednesday, January 27, 2010: January 19, 2010 The Honorable… Continue

Today, President Obama proposed instituting a Financial Crisis Responsibility Fee collected from the biggest and most leveraged banks and Wall Street firms that received taxpayer assistance through the TARP program saying: We want our money back, and we’re going to get it…. Continue

As with House consideration of the Affordable Health Care for America Act, Speaker Pelosi is committed to having the final health insurance legislation online for at least 72 hours before the House votes on it. From our twitter feed on health insurance… Continue

Today, Speaker Pelosi, Leader Steny Hoyer, Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, and Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Edward Markey held a press briefing at the Bella Center in Copenhagen, Denmark. At the UN Climate Conference, the… Continue

This morning, Speaker Pelosi participated in a roundtable with other women leaders in Copenhagen to discuss solutions for climate change hosted by the Global Gender and Climate Alliance saying: Women have the most to gain and the most to lose in the… Continue

This week, the House will consider the Jobs for Main Street Act to create or save jobs here at home with targeted investments ($75 billion) for highways and transit, school renovation, hiring teachers, police, and firefighters, small business, job training and affordable… Continue

This afternoon, the House passed the conference report on the FY 2010 Consolidated Appropriations Act (HR 3288) which includes the Transportation-HUD, Labor-HHS-Education, Commerce-Justice-Science, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, Financial Services, and State-Foreign Operations spending bills. The legislation addresses critical needs such as investing in… Continue

Tonight, the House begins consideration of HR 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This comprehensive financial regulation reform bill will enact common-sense reforms including ending bailouts by helping ensure taxpayers are never again on the hook for Wall Street's… Continue

This afternoon, the House passed the Tax Extenders Act of 2009 by a vote of 241-181. The bill will help create jobs and cuts taxes for middle-class families: Strengthens job creation by American businesses here at home and U.S. competitiveness by extending… Continue

Speaker Pelosi, joined by the acting architect of the Capitol, members of the Arizona congressional delegation, the governor of Arizona, and 12-year-old Kaitlyn Ferencik of Surprise, AZ, lit the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree during a ceremony tonight: This year's tree is a… Continue