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Fighting for San Francisco’s Seniors
House Republicans continue to support a plan to end Medicare as we know it; raising costs on our nation’s seniors and reducing their benefits. In San Francisco, their plan would:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after the Committee on House Administration reported that, over the past fifteen months, Speaker Boehner has racked up nearly $1.5 million in taxpayer-funded legal bills to an outside law firm to defend the discriminatory Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). To date, Speaker Boehner’s legal team has lost all five DOMA cases decided in federal courts:
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passing of former Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter:
"For three decades, Senator Arlen Specter served the people of Pennsylvania with independence, toughness, determination and an unflinching devotion to the best interests of his constituents and our country.
San Francisco Leads the Way
When it comes to transportation, San Francisco always leads the way. This week I joined partners and leaders from federal, state, and local government to celebrate our investments in the next phase of the Third Street-Central Subway line and the ground-breaking Presidio Parkway public private partnership.
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi delivered remarks at the San Francisco Latino Heritage Month Celebration and Awards Ceremony at San Francisco City Hall honoring Chuck Ayala, the founder of Centro Latino de San Francisco, with the Dolores Huerta Lifetime Achievement Award. Below are the Leader’s remarks:
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Washington, D.C. – Ranking Democratic Committee Members today called on GOP Committee Chairs to return to Washington to address the urgent needs of the American people to create jobs, guarantee economic certainty with the extension of middle class tax cuts, pass a bipartisan Farm bill, reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and achieve a balanced solution to the fiscal cliff.
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the passing of Mervyn Dymally:
"For more than 50 years, Mervyn Dymally was a force in California and national politics.
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San Francisco – Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today after Dr. Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize this morning for his innovative work on cellular reprogramming at the Gladstone Institute and University of California San Francisco: