Category: Nancy Pelosi

Pelosi: US Capitol Police ‘Martyrs’ Will Get Congressional Gold Medal

U.S. Capitol Police officers who protected the building during the events of Jan. 6 will get the Congressional Gold Medal, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Thursday. One officer, Brian Sicknick, died from injuries sustained during the attack on the Capitol. Capitol officer Howard Liebengood and Metropolitan officer Jeffrey Smith committed suicide soon after the…


Newly Shown Videos Show Where Pence, Pelosi Went After Capitol Breach on Jan. 6

Video footage shown to the public for the first time during the impeachment trial on Wednesday showed the locations of former Vice President Mike Pence and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The footage, drawn from security cameras in and around the Capitol, showed Pence was…


Republicans Demand Pelosi Be Fined $5,000 for Skirting Her Own Metal Detector Rule

Republicans from the Committee on House Administration on Friday requested that the House Sergeant at Arms impose a fine on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) for breaking her own rule by allegedly bypassing a metal detector on her way into the House chamber. “Yesterday, at approximately 9:59 a.m., multiple members observed the Speaker of the…


Republicans Call on Pelosi to Remove ‘Military-Style Fencing’ Around Capitol

Forty-two House Republicans have sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) urging her to remove the barricades surrounding the Capitol in Washington, erected in the days after the building was stormed on Jan. 6. Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.), the primary signatory of the letter (pdf), said in a statement that the request is for…


Pelosi: House Aims to Pass Biden Plan Before End of February Following Senate Budget Approval

The House of Representatives will aim to pass President Joe Biden’s new COVID-19 relief bill by the end of the month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) announced Friday. “Next week, we will be writing the legislation to create a path to final passage for the Biden American Rescue Plan, so that we can finish our work…


Budget Resolution to Hit House Floor Next Week, Setting Stage for Partisan Passage of Relief Bill: Pelosi

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Thursday that while she hopes Republicans in Congress will back President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill, she said Democrats are ready to adopt the sweeping legislation unilaterally as part of a budget reconciliation process and that a related budget resolution would be brought to the House floor…


Woman Accused of Stealing Pelosi Laptop During Capitol Breach Trying to Cover Tracks: Prosecutors

The 22-year-old Pennsylvania woman who is accused of stealing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s laptop computer during the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol is trying to hide her involvement in the crime, prosecutors alleged Monday. Prosecutors told the court that they were aware Williams was shutting down her social media accounts, news outlets reported….


Pelosi: House Will Move Immediately on Pandemic Relief

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said the House of Representatives will move immediately on passing a pandemic spending package. In a news conference on Thursday, the California Democrat said her party will immediately move on a several-trillion-dollar CCP virus deal. “We’re getting ready for a COVID relief package. We’ll be working on that as we…


Friend, Lawyer: Tip About Woman Allegedly Stealing Pelosi’s Laptop Came From Abusive Ex-boyfriend

A tipster claiming a Pennsylvania woman stole House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-Calif.) laptop computer with plans to sell it to Russia is the woman’s abusive ex-boyfriend, according to her lawyer and a friend who was with her on Jan. 6. “The whole story has been orchestrated by her abusive ex-boyfriend who currently has a [protection…


Pelosi ‘Not Concerned’ About Contents of Laptop Stolen From Office

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she’s not concerned about what was on a laptop computer stolen from her office when protesters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “I’m not concerned about that particular laptop,” Pelosi told MSNBC in an interview broadcast on Tuesday. “But that doesn’t matter. It could be any laptop. And…