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Pelosi is so power-hungry that she literally began salivating and sensually stroking the gavel when it was handed to her the other night.

Nancy Pelosi walking with John Lewis carrying a huge gavel supposedly used when the House voted to pass Medicare in 1965. As she walks, the protesters Chant Kill The Bill all the way up the steps... (2 Videos)

WASHINGTON (AP) - San Francisco's Nancy Pelosi made history today by becoming the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. The 66-year-old Democrat was elected by a 233-to-202 partisan vote in the House of Representatives. Minutes after she was elected, cheers erupted in the chamber as House Republican leader John Boehner handed her the speaker's gavel. Standing on the House floor with her six grandchildren, Pelosi said her election marked a historic moment for women in U.S. history. Among the onlookers in the packed visitors' galleries were actor Richard Gere and singer Tony Bennett. Pelosi has represented...