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.

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.

Pelosi voted in favor of keeping the travel restrictions on American citizens to Cuba, until the President has certified that Cuba has released all political prisoners, and extradited all individuals sought by the U. S. on charges of air piracy, drug trafficking and murder.

Pelosi voted against the Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 and earlier attempts at similar bans, and voted against the criminalization of certain situations where a minor is transported across state lines for an abortion ( HR 748, passed ).

One Republican congressman who voted against the initial bill accused Pelosi of unethically benefiting Del Monte Foods ( headquartered in her district ) by the exclusion of the territory, where Del Monte's StarKist Tuna brand is a major employer.

Pelosi voted for the No Child Left Behind Act, which instituted testing to track students ' progress and authorized an increase in overall education spending.

Pelosi has voted to increase Medicare and Medicaid benefits.

Pelosi voted against the Secure Fence Act of 2006.

During the 2006 Lebanon War, Pelosi voted in favor of Resolution 921 on the count that " the seizure of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah terrorists was an unprovoked attack and Israel has the right, and indeed the obligation, to respond ".

Pelosi received a 100 % rating from the Human Rights Campaign for the 107th, 108th, and 109th sessions of Congress, indicating that she voted in agreement with HRC's slate of pro-gay legislative issues.

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.

However, Palazzo attacked Taylor for supporting Pelosi as Speaker and claimed Taylor voted with his party's leadership 82 percent of the time.

During the 111th Congress, Pelosi was the driving force behind several of Obama's major initiatives which proved controversial, so the Republicans campaigned against Pelosi and the Democrats ' legislation with their " Fire Pelosi Bus Tour " and regained control of the House in the 2010 midterm elections.

The Republicans campaigned against Pelosi and the Democrats ' legislation with their " Fire Pelosi Bus Tour "

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

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.

Pelosi also came out against the Colombian free trade agreement.

In 2002, Pelosi opposed the Iraq Resolution authorizing President Bush to use military force against Iraq, while stating that Iraq, like " other countries of concern ", had WMDs.

Pelosi states that her Catholic faith is behind her position on LGBT rights such as same-sex marriage: " My religion compels me — and I love it for it — to be against discrimination of any kind in our country, and I consider ban on gay marriage a form of discrimination.

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.

In the 1996 U. S. congressional elections, Raimondo ran as a Republican candidate in California's 8th district against Nancy Pelosi.

Cafferty has been outspokenly critical of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for failing to call for an impeachment against President Bush, calling her the " most awful " Speaker Congress has ever had.

In 2010 he ran against Nancy Pelosi for the post of minority leader.

However, if Pelosi wanted to take the minority leader position, Shuler told Roll Call, he would run against her if there were no " viable candidate ".

As expected, Pelosi did run for minority leader, and on November 14, Shuler told CNN he would run against her, though he doubted he would win.

A member of the Democratic Party, Pelosi has represented California's 8th congressional district, which consists of four-fifths of the city and county of San Francisco, since 1987.

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 ".

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 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.

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

* On July 21, 2007, under the same circumstances as the 2002 invocation, President George W. Bush transmitted a letter to President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd and Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi declaring himself temporarily unable to discharge the powers and duties of the office prior to undergoing a colonoscopy which required sedation ( text of letters to Congress ).

Then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi expressed her support for Judge Walker's decision: " I am extremely encouraged by the ruling today, which found that Proposition 8 violated both the due process and equal protection clauses of the U. S. Constitution.

The Chinese Student Protection Act of 1992 ( CSPA ) was a bill sponsored by U. S. Representative Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) which granted permanent residency to all Chinese nationals who arrived in the United States on or before April 11, 1990.

In exchange, Time said there was a quid pro quo in which AIPAC would lobby then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi to appoint Harman as chair of the House Intelligence Committee if the Democrats captured the House after the 2006 elections.

He made an unsuccessful run for chairman of the Democratic National Committee in 1985, in which he was supported by future House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.

In January 2011, House Republicans eliminated the Select Committee for Energy Independence and Global Warming, which had been created by Nancy Pelosi in 2006 and chaired by Markey.

# A variety of quotes ( which change every week or two, depending on current events ) by Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Occupy Wall Street protesters, and / or other liberal figures

The Washington Post and Nancy Pelosi have commented that this approach is similar to the tactics of the Swift Vets and POWs for Truth, which opposed John Kerry's candidacy in the 2004 election.

In 2010, Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Kimsey to the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, which oversees the investment of all gifts for the benefit of the Library ’ s collection and services.

In the case of Solis, Baca called her "' a kiss-up ' to Speaker Nancy Pelosi ," for which he has apologized to Solis both privately and publicly.

Code Pink published a book called Stop the Next War Now, which included essays by Eve Ensler, Barbara Lee, Arianna Huffington, Janeane Garofalo, Nancy Pelosi, Maxine Hong Kingston, Jody Williams, Naomi Klein, Benazir Bhutto, Helen Thomas, Julia Butterfly Hill, Amy Goodman, Doris Haddock, Cynthia McKinney, Gael Murphy and others.

In June 2007, Representative Steve King introduced legislation that would prohibit then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi from drawing on Federal funds to travel to foreign states which the U. S. deems to sponsor terrorism.