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Indeed, the party's House leaders and committee chairs have begun making plans for their first moves if they take power, Democratic sources told TIME. Those sources said one of the first steps that a newly installed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would take would be to introduce legislation making college tuition more affordable for middle-class families, perhaps through tax credits and lower interest rates on student loans. Democrats would move immediately to tighten port security, seeking to have 100% of incoming container cargo inspected. A Democratic official briefed on the plans said the party would quickly push a bill...
...Jane Harman, the ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, already supports the program. She wants it grounded better in the law, but she isn't calling for its end. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi takes in effect the same position: "What she is saying is that you need to follow the law when you do this critical work," explained a spokesman...
...seeking another term in Congress, Democrats have viewed his suburban Chicago district as one of the key battlegrounds in their effort to take back the House in 2006. Almost immediately party heavyweights like Senators Barack Obama of Illinois and Hillary Clinton of New York and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi started lending their support and helping raise loads of cash for one of the nation's most closely watched races. And with the Iraq War increasingly seen as a winning issue for the Dems, they recruited wounded Iraq War veteran Tammy Duckworth to run for the seat...
...Lewis have violated the law. Though a Republican, Shockey the lobbyist checked his loyalties enough to seek favor with key Democrats to the tune of $6,750 in campaign contributions. Much of it went to high-profile Appropriations Democrats-such as $1,000 each to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi; House panel members Patrick Kennedy and John Murtha, who would later lambast President Bush over the Iraq war; and Senator Diane Feinstein-along with the many more thousands he showered on GOP members. "This ethically challenged behavior should speak volumes about the need for earmark reform," says Naomi Steiner...
Democrats seized publicly on the issue first. In November, House minority leader Nancy Pelosi announced a series of proposals modeled on those in "Gathering Storm." Tellingly, though, she avoided criticizing the President, going as far as removing some negative language at the last moment. The idea, said a party official, was to get something accomplished, not just score political points. Even so, Pelosi's opening shot made Republicans nervous. "The feeling," says an industry official who was involved in discussions with the White House, "was, 'We cannot let them have this issue.'" Indeed, top Bush aides, including Karl Rove...