Unlike his predecessor as speaker, the Ohio Republican has not yet become a standard attack line for Democrats in races nationwide, leaving some to wonder how the most powerful elected leader in the Republican Party has escaped unscathed.
Exactly one week after GOP leaders pulled funding from his congressional run, the South Carolina Republican appeared at a bizarre event in Charleston Wednesday morning, during which he "debated" a full-color cardboard poster of the House Minority Leader.
Jeb Bush shoots down 2016 questions from all six major Sunday talk shows, while also discussing his ever-evolving stance on immigration reform along the way. (Also: crack addicts.) And Paul Ryan discloses his new budget operates under the assumption Obamacare will be repealed.
Rand Paul defended his Tea Party response to the President's State of the Union address from criticism that it shows division in the Republican party, and Lindsay Graham has a new problem with confirming the nominations of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan: he wants more info on Benghazi.
Though closed off the press, comments from a meeting between House Democrats and the host of The Colbert Report leaked out Friday via Twitter and elsewhere. And, yes, Congress is less popular than colonoscopies.
Spoiler alert: The Majority Leader's cameo involves "economic war criminals."
Mitch McConnell isn't sure if he's ready to "shoot the hostage" and let the country default if Republicans don't get what they want in the upcoming fight over the fiscal cliff; Nancy Pelosi and Dick Durbin are fans of tax reform generating new revenue; Lindsay Graham wants spending cuts.
Sure, Joe Biden may have gotten his Parks and Recreation cameo, but Nancy Pelosi is topping that by appearing in this month's series finale of 30 Rock.
Republican lawmakers unhappy with House Speaker John Boehner failed to oust him in Thursday's vote for the leaders of the 113th Congress, which re-elected Boehner by a tally of 220 to 192. And then he teared up.
Lindsey Graham and Bobby Jindal both threw Mitt Romney under the Republican bus for his controversial "gifts" comments; John McCain said he'll go easier on Susan Rice if she admits she was wrong and advocated for Bill Clinton to lead the peace talks between Israel and Gaza.
The meeting between President Obama and congressional leaders on the fiscsal cliff went well, and you can tell not by the nice statements released afterward, but by House Speaker John Boehner's face.
Poor Luke Russert got cut off at the knees today after he asked Nancy Pelosi if her old self was blocking a younger generation of Democrats from attaining power. But did he have a point? Yes, he did. The thing is, though, Luke Russert isn't allowed to ask that kind of question.
After a few days of exclusive meetings with top House Democrats, Nancy Pelosi announced that she was staying on a House Minority Leader for the next congressional term. We also (by way of Luke Russert) have learned: that you should never, ever, call Nancy Pelosi old in the middle of her press conference.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeals to American audiences during his appearance on Meet the Press. Elsewhere, John McCain, Mike Rogers, George Will and Libyan President Mohamed Yousef El-Magariaf discuss the protests at U.S. embassies across the world.
If you didn't get invited to U.S. Rep. Barney Frank's wedding earlier this month, you missed a fun-sounding party, which the congressman and his husband Jim Ready planned themselves, Frank said in a NewsBeast video Wednesday.
Sure, the White House's reaction to the ongoing controversy over the Chinese-made U.S. Olympics team outfits was a little more tepid than, say, Harry Reid's, Nancy Pelosi's, or, um, Donald Trump's, but it's clear that this issue is not going away any time soon.
The minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives is "addicted" to newspapers, loves to get the local journal wherever she goes, and can't do without her New York Times crossword puzzle.
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Republicans and Democrats are not about to make nice over health care reform anytime soon. Obviously. But in case you wanted more evidence, we present: Members of Congress and Other Political Figures on Sunday talk shows.
Nancy Pelosi's open letter to House Speaker John Boehner asking him to work through next week's planned recess is basically political posturing, but the House minority leader has a point.
Karl Rove thinks the proposed Jeremiah Wright attack ad was a "stupid" idea on Fox News Sunday; Paul Ryan defends his budget and dodges a question over whether or not he's being considered as Mitt's running mate on Meet the Press.
When you've spent seven years building up the blog of a famous left-leaning think tank, maybe the only place it makes sense for you to go next is the office of a famous left-leaning politician.
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Nancy Pelosi, not for the first time, alluded to dirt she has on Newt Gingrich during an interview with CNN's John King Tuesday night. On Wednesday, Gingrich sounded really annoyed about it.
The Democratic leader says her party has the GOP boxed in on the extension of the payroll tax cut.
A lot of Herman Cain's problems on the campaign trail have come from the fact that he doesn't seem to use the same dictionary as the rest of us.
The legislators knew it was coming and they came out guns blazing.
The more meat you order on your pizza, the more manly you are, Herman Cain says.
Around the same time as last night's GOP debate, Jon Stewart chatted with House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, who had one idea for helping to reduce America's debt: put the Super Committee on TV.
Did she say the White House "can't see around corners"?
The financial backers of the Super Committee's Democratic Congressmen
Reps. James Clyburn, Xavier Becerra, and Chris Van Hollen are Pelosi's choices
In joint statement, Boehner and Pelosi say end of program saves $5 million
Giffords makes her return to Washington to vote for the debt deal.
Politico reports the Vice President accused conservatives of hijacking the debt limit
Now leaders must get reluctant House Republicans and Democrats to vote for it
After heated debate, GOP leaders express confidence a deal will be reached
Plus: Prince William gives Kate Middleton his mother's "most prized set of jewels."
Traders don't expect a U.S. default, but don't really know what'll happen if it does
Cites "progress" made in the "11th hour" of debt negotiations
Plus: GQ style columnist has no problem with Paul Ryan's expensive dinner
The sound bites from the debt ceiling debates just get stranger
Plus: Nancy Pelosi has flowers--and a message--for George W. Bush
Attendees agree that deal must be made before the deadline.
Says politics was "absolutely not" part of the decision to end the controversial policy
She sought his resignation following the circulation of an explicit photo
The tabloid frenzy is becoming too much to bear
Weiner's admission he contacted a teen girl may have been last straw
Don't worry about party crashers when James Taylor's the only celebrity guest
Weiner spends the day apologizing, but it might not be enough to save him
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