Republicans derided the proposal for the Presidio near the Golden Gate Bridge as a 'Pelosi payoff' and an 'obvious giveaway' House Republicans tried in vain Thursday to block a proposed $200 million allotment for improvements to a park in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco district.... ...GOP lawmakers proposed a half-dozen amendments to divert the $200 million to other needs but each Republican proposal was defeated... ...One Democrat, U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee, defended the allocation for the Presidio, the 1,500-acre park and golf course near the Golden Gate Bridge, claiming Pelosi deserves the money for her hometown because...