Topic - Nancy Pelosi

• Inside Politics: Illinois GOP picks Davis for ballot to replace Rep. Johnson

  Illinois Republican leaders have chosen a November ballot replacement for longtime Republican Rep. Timothy V. Johnson after he abruptly announced his retirement last month.

• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

• Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

  Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:

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  Inside the Beltway: Mood swings

  Oh woe is us: "The national mood is a drag on President Obama's re-election prospects," according to Gallup poll analyst Lydia Saad, who says that several indicators could prove "troublesome" come November.

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  Obama will urge lawmakers to act on his economic to-do list

  Wielding a lengthy "to-do list" of economic proposals, President Obama is bringing the bipartisan congressional leadership to the White House on Wednesday to urge them to act on his proposals or risk being portrayed as a do-nothing Congress heading into November.

• Pelosi criticizes federal medical pot crackdown

  House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi said she is concerned that the Obama administration's crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries is hurting patients with a legitimate need for the drug.

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  Campaign donors squeezed at end of month

  It was the end of the month and the wheedling, pleading, demanding and outright begging were at full throttle as political parties, racing the latest fundraising deadline, tried to shake every nickel out of potential donors' pockets.

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  MILLER: Obama's loan trap

  Congressional Republicans are once again getting outplayed by President Obama. Earlier in the week, they thought they had neutralized Mr. Obama's political college tour by agreeing in principle to extend government-backed student-loan interest rates for a year.

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  Student loan subsidies in a tangled budget web

  Student loans versus oil companies. Or student loans versus high-paid lawyers and consultants. Or student loans versus Democrats' health care law.

• BOOK REVIEW: 'The Founders' Key'

  During the birth of the United States, the Founding Fathers discussed, debated and devised two crucial documents: the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. As any school-aged child is fundamentally aware, these two democratic pillars set out everything from the laws of the land to the individual rights and freedoms of all citizens.

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  LANDRITH: Van Jones' campaign for election fraud

  Throughout history, political extremists have attacked their opponents, seeking to silence and suppress those with whom they disagree. Some form of bullying is almost always their chief weapon. These extremists invariably try to undermine democracy itself and silence their opposition.

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  DAUGHTRY: Tea Party will learn to love Mitt

  With Rick Santorum suspending his campaign and Newt Gingrich admitting that Mitt Romney is the likely Republican nominee, the Tea Party's commitment to conservative purity is about to be tested in the fires of political reality. Mr. Romney's arms-length relationship with the conservative wing of his party has not made him a favorite of the Tea Party, and the movement faces a defining choice.

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  HATCH: Obamacare carries too high a price in liberty

  In October 2009, a reporter asked then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, "Where specifically does the Constitution grant Congress the authority to enact an individual health insurance mandate?" She responded, "Are you serious?" Few questions could be more serious, and this week, the Supreme Court is spending three days exploring this and several other questions about the legitimacy of Obamacare, the president's signature achievement and the largest expansion of government in generations.

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  GHEI: Obamacare's day in court

  It's Obamacare week at the Supreme Court. The justices on Monday spent the first two of the six hours planned for oral argument discussing the constitutionality of the health care takeover. It's been a long road since then-Speaker Nancy Pelosi's flippant dismissal of such concerns with the response, "Are you serious?" Now the high court is giving more time to this question than it has to any others in 47 years.

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  Small office has big job as monitor of ethics in the House

  To many Washington outsiders, congressional ethics is an oxymoron or fodder for late-night comedians, but watchdogs and longtime Washington observers point to one hopeful sign — an office they believe is helping members take ethics rules more seriously.

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