In the runoff against Republican candidate Harriet Ross, Pelosi received more than a 2-to-1 majority of votes cast in a turnout that comprised about 24 % of eligible voters.

On April 23, 2008, he received the Congressional Gold Medal from President George W. Bush, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Raimondo received 25, 739 votes for 12. 39 percent of the vote while Pelosi got 84. 34 percent

The show ’ s " Better Know a District " segment also received attention after Democratic Party leaders including Nancy Pelosi and Rahm Emanuel warned freshmen Representatives from appearing on the show, a moratorium lasting until Pelosi took back her statement in exchange for Colbert ’ s support of the DISCLOSE Act.

Pelosi voted against the 1995 Balanced Budget Proposed Constitutional Amendment, which was passed by the House by a 300 – 132 vote, but in the Senate fell two votes short of the 2 / 3 supermajority required ( with 65 out of 100 Senators voting in favor ).

She represents a district in Orange County, long a bastion of suburban conservatism, and is a member of the Blue Dog Coalition and the New Democrat Coalition ; she reportedly voted with Nancy Pelosi 97. 8 % of the time during the 111th Congress.

The strongest challenge Pelosi has faced was in 2008 when anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan polled 17 % and Pelosi won with 72 %.

According to a March 2010 Rasmussen poll, 64 % of voters nationally view the speaker unfavorably, and 29 % have a favorable opinion of Pelosi.

The American Civil Liberties Union's Congressional Scorecard has given Pelosi a lifetime rating of 92 % for her voting record on civil liberties.

In November 2007, working with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Dingell helped draft an energy bill that would mandate 40 % increase in fuel efficiency standards.

Vicky Hartzler, Skelton's 2010 Congressional opponent, has stated on the campaign trail that Skelton has voted in line with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi 95 % of the time during his tenure in the House.

Pelosi is Italian-American and was born Nancy Patricia D ' Alesandro in Baltimore, Maryland, the youngest of six children of Annunciata M. " Nancy " ( née Lombardi ) and Thomas D ' Alesandro, Jr., who was a Democratic party U. S. Congressman from Maryland and a Mayor of Baltimore.

Pelosi was involved with politics from an early age.

In 1976, Pelosi was elected as a Democratic National Committee member from California, a position she would hold until 1996.

On January 5, 2007, reacting to suggestions from President Bush's confidantes that he would increase troop levels in Iraq ( which he announced in a speech a few days later ), Pelosi joined with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to condemn the plan.

In November 2011, 60 Minutes alleged that Pelosi and several other member of Congress had used information they gleaned from closed sessions to make money on the stock market.

This resolution was removed from a military spending bill for the war in Iraq by Pelosi on March 13, 2007.

Pelosi co-sponsored legislation that omitted American Samoa from a raise in the minimum wage as early as 1999, prior to Del Monte's acquisition of StarKist Tuna in 2002.

In a speech at the AIPAC 2005 annual conference, Pelosi said that " for too long, leaders from both parties haven't done enough " to put pressure on Russia and China who are providing Iran with technological information on nuclear issues and missiles.

In 1992, after the redistricting from the 1990 Census, Pelosi ran in, which now covered the San Francisco area.

* Trinity Graduates Win Re-election: House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi ' 62 Poised to Become Speaker, Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius ' 70 Wins Second Term from Trinity Washington University, November 8, 2006

* Rolling With Pelosi, from Newsweek, October 23, 2006

* Pelosi mines ' California gold ' for Dems nationwide: Personal skills, wide network of wealthy donors help party's House leader gather millions, from sfgate. com, April 3, 2006

* Pelosi rides high, from The Economist, Feb 22, 2007

Featuring interviews from the likes of Stephen Colbert, Newt Gingrich, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Peter Jackson, acclaimed scholars, and others, the program delved further into the Heroic Epic concept and the influences of mythology, and other motifs that were important in making Star Wars the standard of movies and other series for years to come, such as sins of the father and redeeming the father, coming of age, exiting the ordinary world, and others that all led to the defining " modern mythology " of our time.

In 2008 he supported passing the FISA bill granting telecommunications companies immunity from prosecution for their involvement in warrantless wiretapping of American citizens, including his sending a letter to Speaker Pelosi encouraging her not to fight the bill.

For four years, from 1962 to 1966, Hoyer was a member of the staff of United States Senator Daniel Brewster ( D-Maryland ); also on Senator Brewster's staff at that time was Nancy Pelosi, who would later become a leadership colleague of Hoyer as she served as Minority Leader and Speaker of the House.

Reportedly, Towns withdrew because of a lack of support from Nancy Pelosi who feared that he would not be a sufficiently aggressive leader of Democrats in an anticipated struggle with incoming committee chair Republican Darrell Issa.

Described as " a favorite of the House Democratic leadership ," he maintains a close relationship with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ; her daughter Christine Pelosi served as his chief of staff from 2001 to 2005.

* Nancy Pelosi ( D ), from June 2, 1987

The convention also offers workshops on how to be effective in government and campaigning, and prominent speakers from the national Democratic party ( previous speakers have included Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, John Edwards, Nancy Pelosi, members of Congress, and Cabinet members ).

The most recent version, re-introduced on May 6, 2009, drew bipartisan support from Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as well as the endorsements of Amnesty International, Google, Human Rights Watch, Reporters without Borders,

The campaign contributed to outspoken support from 22 Democratic Senators, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, Chair of the Democratic National Convention Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, Caroline Kennedy and nine other co-chairs of President Obama's reelection campaign, and more than 40, 000 Americans who added their names to Freedom to Marry's online petition.

The ad was called “ blatantly racist " by Michael Yaki, former aide to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and a member of the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights.

Pelosi was appointed Finance Chair of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, the campaign arm of the U. S. Senate Democrats, in 1985.

Over the years, Francis Coppola has given political contributions to several candidates of the Democratic Party, including Mike Thompson, Nancy Pelosi for the U. S. House of Representatives and Barbara Boxer and Alan Cranston for the U. S. Senate.

Nineteen Democratic representatives voted for Democrats other than Pelosi, who had been chosen as House Minority Leader and the Democrats ' candidate for Speaker, as a show of dissent.

Sometimes, however, the Speaker will play a big role even when they belong to the same party as the President, such as when Speaker Nancy Pelosi played a role in continuing the push for health care reform during the presidency of fellow Democrat Barack Obama ; subsequently the Republicans targeted her in the 2010 midterm election.

Examples include Tip O ' Neill, who was a vocal opponent of President Ronald Reagan's domestic and defense policies ; Newt Gingrich, who fought a bitter battle with President Bill Clinton for control of domestic policy ; Nancy Pelosi, who clashed with President George W. Bush over domestic policy and the Iraq War ; and current Speaker John Boehner, who regularly clashes with President Barack Obama over budget issues as well as social issues such as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Barnes came to Baltimore in 1953 for a one-month job as consultant traffic engineer, but Mayor Thomas D ' Alesandro, Jr. ( father of Nancy Pelosi ) was so impressed he hired Barnes as traffic commissioner.

After the Democrats took control of the House in 2007 and increased their majority in 2009, Pelosi was elected Speaker of the House for the 110th and 111th Congresses.

On November 17, 2010, Pelosi was elected as the Democratic Leader by House Democrats and therefore the Minority Leader in the Republican-controlled House for the 112th Congress.

Pelosi interned for Senator Daniel Brewster ( D-Maryland ) alongside future House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer.

On November 16, 2006, Pelosi was unanimously chosen by her caucus as the Democratic candidate for Speaker, effectively making her Speaker-elect.

Pelosi supported her longtime friend John Murtha of Pennsylvania for the position of House Majority Leader, the second-ranking post in the House Democratic caucus.

Pelosi and Hoyer had a somewhat frosty relationship dating back to 2001, when they ran against each other for minority whip.

On January 3, Pelosi defeated Republican John Boehner of Ohio with 233 votes compared to his 202 votes in the election for Speaker of the House.

In May 2006, with an eye on the upcoming congressional elections – which offered the possibility of Democrats taking back control of the House for the first time since 1994 – Pelosi told colleagues that, while the Democrats would conduct vigorous oversight of Bush administration policy, an impeachment investigation was " off the table ".

After becoming Speaker of the House in January 2007, Pelosi held firm against impeachment, notwithstanding strong support for that course of action among constituents in her home district.

In the November 2008 election, Pelosi withstood a challenge for her seat by anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, who ran as an independent primarily because of Pelosi's refusal to pursue impeachment.

Prior to the U. S. 2006 midterm elections, Pelosi announced a plan for action: If elected, she and the newly empowered Democratic caucus would push through most of its program during the first hundred hours of the 110th Congress ' term.

After Pelosi's disparate intra-party opposition failed to pass a motion to delay the leadership vote, Pelosi was elected Minority Leader for the 112th Congress.

On March 21, 2008, Pelosi criticized the People's Republic of China for its handling of the unrest in Tibet and called on " freedom-loving people " worldwide to denounce China.

On October 24, 2008, Pelosi commended the European Parliament for its " bold decision " to award the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Chinese dissident and human rights activist Hu Jia.

After House support eroded, the measure's sponsors dropped their call for a vote, and in late October Pelosi agreed to set the matter aside.

In March 2009, the New York Post wrote that the conservative watchdog group Judicial Watch obtained emails sent by Pelosi's staff which requested that the United States Air Force ( USAF ) provide specific aircraft – a Boeing 757 – for Pelosi to use for taxpayer-funded travel.