The Latest Breaking News from Nancy Pelosi

California just upped the fast food worker minimum wage to $22 an hour

The change is part of a big workers’ rights package signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom.

Mic · May 6, 2022

Pelosi sets $45,000 minimum yearly salary for House aides

Speaker Nancy Pelosi is addressing concerns about the working conditions for some Capitol Hill aides

The Independent UK · May 6, 2022

House tees up vote on union protections for staffers - Roll Call

In the same breath, Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced a new pay floor of $45,000 for junior House staffers and a higher ceiling for top earners.

Roll Call · May 6, 2022

Q&A: He may be a political scientist, but Rep. David Price doesn’t have a ‘magic key’

David E. Price wrote the book on Congress. “The Congressional Experience,” by the political science professor turned longtime lawmaker from North Carolina, is now in its fourth edition.

Tribune News Service · May 5, 2022

Could Roe vs Wade save Biden’s calamitous reign?

As protests erupt over a leaked Supreme Court document suggesting an overturning of the ruling banning abortion, all eyes are on the US President to protect women’s rights. But will he succeed in his fight and win over voters in the process? Pablo Manríquez reports from Washington

Evening Standard · May 5, 2022

‘The violence it does to the Constitution’: Nancy Pelosi says marriage equality could be in danger if Roe ruling is finalized

SEATTLE — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned Wednesday that marriage equality and other constitutional rights could soon be in danger if the draft opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court striking down Roe v. Wade is finalized.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

McKinley-Mooney primary weighs West Virginia roots against Trump support

SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. — Thousands of acres of abandoned mine lands and the streams they are polluting would get federal funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law enacted in November, Republican Rep. David B. McKinley told voters at a recent town hall-like meeting at Shepherd University.

Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022

He may be a political scientist, but Rep. David Price doesn’t have a ‘magic key’  - Roll Call

“Congressional reform is considerably oversold,” says the longtime Democrat from North Carolina, who will retire at the end of the term.

Roll Call · May 4, 2022

Trudy Rubin: Nancy Pelosi deserves thanks for stating Washington will help Ukraine win

It was a dramatic moment for U.S. involvement in the Ukraine war.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · May 4, 2022

The long list of liberal failures that paved the way for the end of Roe

If the landmark decision is finally overturned after 50 years, it’s worth wondering why the hell we didn’t act in the last five decades to protect it.

Mic · May 3, 2022