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...reasons. The first is that House liberals object to many provisions in the more-conservative Senate legislation. The second is that more-conservative Democrats may well be so rattled by the victory of a Republican in Massachusetts that they could reconsider their own support for the measure. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has little margin to work with; the bill passed her chamber in November by only five votes...
...only is the first and only female Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, finishing her third year as leader of an energetic Democratic majority, but she is doing it with style, creativity and persistence. Pelosi has risen to the challenge offered by the economic instability and tumult of a new Administration to preside over a historic session of Congress. If that doesn't make her Person of the Year, I don't know what could...
Under that scenario, Florida's mess also becomes the country's in at least one respect. The state's GOP Senate primary contest between Crist and former Florida House Speaker Marco Rubio is widely considered a focal point of this year's internecine war between moderates and conservatives for control of the Republican Party. Should the Rothstein scandal leak into that powder keg, it could exacerbate what already promises to be a particularly nasty campaign on both sides before the August primary. (See the 25 crimes of the century...
...made in the image of God and have the capability of being redeemed and used by God to perform his work. I'm going to persevere on this for the rest of my life." In December, Willow announced that 80% of its Hispanic attendees were undocumented and had a speaker give a talk explaining "God's heart on immigrants," a positive biblical analysis. Harvey Carey, pastor to a vibrant mixed-race congregation in Detroit, did a stint as a guest preacher...
With the House set to return to Washington this week, Speaker Nancy Pelosi finds herself walking a narrow line on President Obama's top domestic priority. She had only two votes to spare when the House passed its version of health care legislation back in November, and now her restive caucus is telling her that they will not move too far in the direction of the Senate's more conservative version of the bill...