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Nancy Pelosi has persistently violated her duty to exercise her speaker powers in accordance with the Constitution and the current "106th Congress House Rules Manual" (House Document 106-320). In short, she has fostered what is known as "tyranny by the majority" — and violated House Rules that give her the duty to maintain order, civility, and decorum, and to foster "comity" (a word rarely used these days, meaning "mutual respect"). She also denied a request by President Bush (who has primary constitutional authority over the conduct of foreign policy) that as the third-highest official of the United State she not...

Pelosi Appears to Wrap Up House Leadership Race November 08, 2002 03:43 PM ET Email this article Printer friendly version   By Thomas FerraroWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, a California liberal, appeared to wrap up the race to become the new Democratic leader of the House of Representatives on Friday when her main opponent dropped out and backed her.Rep. Martin Frost, a Texas moderate, wrote in a letter to colleagues that Pelosi had the votes to beat him and succeed Richard Gephardt as the House Democratic minority leader.Consequently, Frost wrote, "I intend to support her for Democratic...