Category: pelosi

Schumer, Pelosi Criticize Manchin for Opposition to $3.5 Trillion Budget

In a Sept. 2 opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Joe Manchin, a critical Democratic swing vote, came out against his party’s expansive $3.5 trillion budget, calling for a “strategic pause” to consider the legislation’s consequences. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) have since criticized…


Social Media Companies Should Remove Taliban Content: Pelosi

At a weekly press conference Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) criticized social media giants like Twitter and Facebook for allowing content from the Taliban terrorist organization on their platforms. An audience member asked about this situation in the midst of reports that videos of women being beaten by Taliban terrorists were…


Debt Ceiling Will Not Be in $3.5 Trillion Budget: Pelosi

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said in a press conference today that Democrats will not be adding provisions to increase the debt ceiling to Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget. This announcement came as tensions between Democrats and Republicans over raising the debt ceiling have been brewing since the beginning of August. Republicans,…


$3.5 Trillion Budget ‘Is Really About the Children, Women’: Pelosi

At her weekly press conference Wednesday morning, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) argued that Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) $3.5 trillion budget represented a long-overdue package to assist women and children through new appropriations, programs, and environmental policies. The budget, said Pelosi, “is really about the children.” She added later that “My theme all along…


House Advances Sen. Sanders’ $3.5 Trillion Budget Resolution

Tuesday afternoon, the House of Representatives met in an emergency session to consider rules on Sen. Sanders’ (I-Vt.) budget proposal, the Senate-passed infrastructure bill, and the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act. In a vote on rules to advance Sanders’ budget resolution, the House approved the proposal on a thin, party-line vote. All 212 Republicans…


Troubles Mount for Pelosi, Moderates Go All-In Against ‘Two-Track Strategy’

Nine House Democrats are standing firm in their commitment to not consider Sen. Bernie Sanders’ (I-Vt.) budget proposal before the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has long planned to pass the infrastructure bill and Sanders’ budget at the same time as part of what Sen….


Sen Ernst Wants to ‘Put Brakes on Boondoggles,’ Starting with Pelosi’s $6.7 Billion San Francisco Subway Extension

Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) awarded her latest Squeal Award Tuesday to the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for sending hundreds of millions of tax dollars to a project to extend San Francisco’s public transit system to Silicon Valley in California’s Santa Clara Valley. “Democrats attempted to earmark money in the COVID relief package earlier this year…


Biden, Pelosi Could Be Denied Communion After US Catholic Bishops’ Vote

Catholic bishops based in the United States voted to approve the drafting of a “teaching document” that may rebuke President Joe Biden, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), and others for their support of abortion. More than 73 percent of bishops—or 168 to 55 with six abstentions—this week cast their ballots during a U.S. Conference of…


Over 200 Republicans Press Pelosi to Back COVID-19 Origin Probe, ‘Hold the CCP Accountable’

More than 200 House Republicans are putting pressure on their Democrat counterparts to get down to the COVID-19 origins and hold the Chinese regime accountable for the pandemic coverup. “We request that you instruct the appropriate Democrat committee chairs to immediately join Republican calls to hold the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) accountable for its role…


NTD News Today Full Broadcast (May 21)

Peace in the Middle East for now. The ceasefire between Israel and Hamas now in effect. What does President Biden have to say? A brawl in New York City between pro-Israel and pro-Palestine protesters. Jewish residents in the city speak out after being attacked. What do they have to say? House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)…