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WASHINGTON — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said that Democrats would not run only on Obamacare in 2014, but the election would be primarily about the budget and jobs. “Yes they could have done a better job of describing it,” Pelosi said of the White House messaging on the law. “No, they didn’t hurt us for 2014.”

Former Speaker of the House–and current Minority Leader–Nancy Pelosi apparently bought $1 million to $5 million of Visa stock in one of the most sought-after and profitable initial public offerings (IPO) in American history, thwarted serious credit card reform for two years, and then watched her investment skyrocket 203%.The revelation appears in Throw Them All Out, the new book by investigative journalist and Breitbart editor Peter Schweizer Schweizer’s investigation of Pelosi and other members of Congress–from both parties–raises a critical question: should it be legal for lawmakers to buy stocks in companies directly affected by their legislative efforts? In early...

Public support for the new healthcare law dropped significantly in October, a new survey shows, dealing a blow to the Obama administration as Republican presidential candidates keep up their pledges to repeal the president’s signature domestic legislative achievement. More than half of Americans now view the law unfavorably, according to a tracking poll by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. And just 34% of Americans view the law favorably, the lowest level of support since the president signed the law in March 2010. Much of the decline appears to have been driven by faltering support among Democrats, just 52% of whom...

Pelosi on low congressional approval: Congress has always been 'the object of mockery' By Daniel Strauss - 10/28/11 04:39 PM ET House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) explained Americans' low approval of Congress as something that's been going on throughout the country's history. Pelosi added that she fell into the category of Americans who did not approve of the body's job performance lately, as well. "The fact is that Congress has always been the object of mockery in the history of our country," Pelosi said Friday in an interview with CNBC. "I myself would include those who are dissatisfied with...