Swampland’s Friday caption contest, this week featuring House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi.
Nancy Pelosi
Sometimes, the silence says it all. And so, in a city that runs on rhetoric and bombast, the only moments that really mattered Monday were the ones when no one said a thing. The President stood with his wife, their heads down before the South Lawn, flanked by hundreds of White House staff, from the [...]
John Boehner stood before the packed House chamber; its members and their families were giving him a standing ovation. He took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from his eyes – he always hated about himself that he’s prone to crying at important moments – and waved his audience to their seats. “I’m still [...]
The House just completed its vote, electing John Boehner the 61st Speaker of the House 241-192. The most interesting part of the vote were the defections from Nancy Pelosi, who garnered 173 votes: -11 Democrats voted for Heath Shuler, a North Carolina Democrat and former Washington Redskin who had said he would challenge Pelosi in [...]
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski speaks to the media on the importance of net neutrality December 1, 2010 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) –The Federal Communications Commission is poised to approve “net neutrality” rules today that would restrict Internet service providers from speeding, slowing or blocking broadband access to one source of Web content over another. [...]
Photo thanks to C-SPAN Photo thanks to C-SPAN Charlie Rangel is grieving. He’s grieving for his long-lost Ways & Means gavel. He’s mourning his 40-year reputation as an upstanding public servant that now lies in shreds in the well of the House floor. Today, the 80-year-old Harlem Democrat was censured by the House by a [...]
