“ With integrity, civility, and fiscal discipline, our New Direction for America will use commonsense principles to address the aspirations and fulfill the hopes and dreams of all Americans. That is our promise to the American people. ”

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A Record of Accomplishment

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi has led House Democrats with remarkable effectiveness for four years.  Elected in 2003 as the first woman to lead a major political party in Congress, Pelosi has built consensus and unified the Democratic caucus. A recent study by Congressional Quarterly found that “over the past half-century, Democrats in the House were never more unified” than they were under Leader Pelosi in 2005, voting together a record 88 percent of the time.

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Described by congressional expert Norman Ornstein as one of “the most savvy political figures around,” Pelosi and Congressional Democrats have used that unity to offer a New Direction for America for all Americans.  

With Pelosi at the helm, Democrats are committed to restoring integrity, civility, and fiscal soundness to the House of Representatives while using commonsense principles to address the aspirations and fulfill the hopes and dreams of all Americans.   She led the effort to develop, in conjunction with Senate Democrats, The New Direction agenda which calls for strengthened national security, a competitive economy, expanded health care and educational opportunities, energy independence, a secure retirement, tough fiscal discipline to stop deficit spending, and strict congressional ethics and lobbying reform.

Pelosi brings to the Leader’s role 19 years of experience representing San Francisco in the House, achieving a distinguished record in intelligence and security initiatives, family and child policy, health care, human rights and environmental policy. 

As the longest-serving member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Pelosi has worked to ensure that policymakers and military commanders are provided with timely and accurate intelligence.  In the wake of 9/11, she authored legislation to creates the bipartisan, independent 9/11 Commission.  As a member of the House Appropriations Committee, Pelosi was a leading proponent for women, children and families, and an effective advocate for health care issues.    

Pelosi hails from a strong family tradition of public service. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., served as Mayor of Baltimore for 12 years, after representing the city for five terms in Congress. Her brother, Thomas D'Alesandro III, also served as Mayor of Baltimore.

Pelosi graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. in 1962. Pelosi and her husband, Paul Pelosi, a native of San Francisco, have five children: Nancy Corinne, Christine, Jacqueline, Paul and Alexandra, and five grandchildren.


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