Nancy Pelosi

Reid between the lines

Will Senate leadership crack the whip on the climate bill? 4
Posted 3 months, 3 weeks ago
House leaders aggressively twisted arms to get the votes needed to pass the climate bill, and even then it just barely scraped by. We aren't likely to see the same hard-nosed approach in the Senate, where Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has been downplaying the Democrats' ability to push through their agenda and even admitting that he's "not very good at twisting arms."
Whip it good!

Pelosi cracks the whips to get climate bill passed 5
Posted 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Are there 218 votes in the House of Representatives for the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill?
Took them long enough

“We will have a bill,” Pelosi vows — several House Republicans agree 0
Posted 4 months, 4 weeks ago
Environmental groups urge Pelosi to toughen bill 0
Posted 5 months ago
Wait and Pelosi

Pelosi won’t commit to deadline for passing climate bill 1
Posted 5 months ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has set a soft deadline of June 19 for committee leaders to finish their review of the climate and energy bill that passed out of the Energy and Commerce Committee last month. But she hasn't set a deadline for passing the bill out the full chamber.
It Could Be Verse

A climate-news poem for the week of May 25 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Can politicians save the world by hopping on a jet? If this week serves as evidence, the answer is "you bet."
Climate politics scoop and question of the week 2
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
Okay, I don’t know if it is a scoop, heck, I don’t know for certain it is true, but a very reliable source tells me that Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants the climate bill on the House floor the last week in June.
The Climate Post: Something wrought in the state of Denmark? 1
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
A roundup of the week's climate news, from Copenhagen to China to Russia.
Nancy goes to China

Congressional leaders head to China to make nice on climate 0
Posted 5 months, 1 week ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is in China this week leading a congressional delegation to discuss, among other things, climate change and environmental protections. But despite the public displays of unity on climate, there remain some strong divisions between the two countries on what needs to happen in Copenhagen this year.
Notable quotable

Oh thank goodness, I was terrified 1
Posted 7 months ago
Notable quotable

‘We set our own pace’ 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
"We are building our consensus, and when we are ready, we will bring it to the floor. I have never been driven by a Senate timetable or what they are willing to pass. We set our own pace and our own standard here, but respectful of what we can get done, working together with the Senate."
Going big

In defense of the Dems’ One Big Bill energy/climate strategy 0
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
One of the most consequential legislative decision Dems will make this year on energy/climate is to lump everything together in a single bill.
House rules

Key Democrats deal opening hand in climate debate 2
Posted 7 months, 1 week ago
House Energy and Commerce Committee leaders released the much-anticipated draft of their climate and energy legislation on Tuesday, a proposal that includes emissions goals more ambitious than those proposed by the Obama White House but also leaves open many of the most contentious questions on climate policy.
Nice package

Will combining climate and energy into one big bill help or hurt the climate cause? 0
Posted 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Congressional leaders want to combine energy and climate provisions into one big bill this year, rather than moving a few smaller bills on the issues. But is that a good idea?
Will a comprehensive climate and energy bill help or hinder global warming action? 0
Posted 8 months ago
Congressional leaders call for capitol plant to can coal days before big protest 4
Posted 8 months, 2 weeks ago
The players: House and Senate 3
Posted 9 months ago
House speaker now says she wants a climate bill passed by December 10
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Gore’s inaugural ball was star-studded (even without Obama) 2
Posted 9 months, 2 weeks ago
With Markey in place, the House is geared for ambition on climate and energy 2
Posted 10 months ago