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...more than 20 years before she was elected to Congress at the age of 47, Nancy Pelosi's full time job was rearing her five children. She calls it invaluable training for her current job as the first woman Speaker of the House, in which managing her 253-member caucus can be a daily challenge. "Having raised that many children and grandchildren she has eyes in the back of her head," says Rep. Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and an assistant to the Speaker. As Pelosi, 69, nears the most important vote of her career, she'll need...
...their offspring's milestones. "She's very gracious, courteous. She was raised in a family of politicians," says Rep, George Miller, a long time confidante and fellow Californian. "Illness, sickness, births, graduations and acceptances to college: she celebrates people's good fortune." (Take a glimpse into the world of Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...
...daughter. "If she cut your head off, I don't know that you'd know that you're bleeding." In Congress this means committee assignments, says Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, the No. 3 House Dem. "She controls the steering and policy committees," Clyburn says. "Everyone knows that what the speaker wants, the speaker gets." (See a pictorial history of Nancy Pelosi...
...Baltimore, Pelosi's approach is often compared to his old-school Italian style of patronage. After all, as a child, she was often tasked with maintaining her father's "favors" list. But, while there is a certain degree of ring-kissing that still goes on on Capitol Hill, the Speaker is actually more like her mother, says Tommy D'Alesandro, Pelosi's brother and another former mayor of Baltimore. "You could cross my father, lie to him, oppose him," D'Alesandro says. "But our mother - you couldn't lie to her. You couldn't oppose her. God help...
...Also on board Thursday were members of the House Hispanic Caucus, who had threatened to withhold support for reform over provisions related to undocumented immigrants. While Democrats still do not yet have the 216 votes needed to pass the bill, an aide to the House Democratic leadership said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is "feeling ultra-bullish." A source in the House leadership said Democrats are also getting a boost from grassroots reform supporters who stepped up pressure on wavering Democratic members through phone calls to their offices. And on the same day, President Obama postponed a trip to Asia...