‘We Have No Regrets’: Pelosi Marks Last Day as Speaker
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WASHINGTON (AP/The Blaze) — Democrat Nancy Pelosi said she had no regrets on her last day as House speaker Tuesday, a reign that lasted four years and is ending after the November elections.
Pelosi said Tuesday she looks forward to leading a loyal but tenacious opposition in the House. She started by calling Republicans hypocrites for trying to repeal President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, saying it would add to the federal budget deficit.
Republicans won the House majority in the November elections and John Boehner of Ohio will be sworn in as the new speaker on Wednesday. Pelosi — the first female speaker — will be demoted to minority leader.
“I don’t really look back, I look forward, and we look forward to, as I said before, being a willing partner and solving the problems of the American people,” Pelosi said at a news conference with other House Democrats. “When our Republican colleagues have positive solutions, again, they will have a willing partner in solving the problems of the American people.”
Pelosi said House Democrats will focus on creating jobs, improving the economy and shrinking the federal budget deficit. The deficit hit $1.3 trillion in the budget year that ended in September — a year in which Democrats controlled Congress and the White House.
With unemployment stuck above 9 percent, Pelosi was asked whether she regretted not doing more to improve the nation’s still-struggling economy while she was speaker. Pelosi said the nation’s economy was in a “near-depression” two years ago, when Obama first took office.
Since then, she said, the House passed numerous bills designed to create jobs that were ultimately blocked in the Senate, usually because the two chambers couldn’t agree on how to pay for them.
“We have no regrets,” Pelosi said. “This administration and this Congress inherited a near-depression. And so the initiatives that we took were positive for the American people. It’s not enough to save people from a depression, though. Nine-and-a-half percent unemployment is intolerable and as long as we have that we have to continue to fight for job creation.”
Pelosi even marked her abdication of the Speaker’s gavel via Twitter:
Pelosi chided House Republicans for scheduling a vote next week on a bill to repeal the new health care law. The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that the massive law will slightly reduce the federal deficit over the next 10 years. Repealing the law would therefore increase the deficit, Pelosi said.
Republicans say repealing the law is one of their top priorities, but they are sure to fail in the Senate, where Democrats still have a majority.
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Comments (35)
dontbotherme
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:18pmI turned the radio on for a few minutes to listen to the Dana Buchman (spelling?) show. The opening song today was: “Ding, Dong, the Witch is Dead!” It was hysterical & so refreshing. When the song finished I heard someone shout out, “You’re fired!”. I think pelosi believes she is still in power.
Report Post »Bill Wallace
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:32pm“Pelosi said House Democrats will focus on creating jobs, improving the economy and shrinking the federal budget deficit. The deficit hit $1.3 trillion in the budget year that ended in September — a year in which Democrats controlled Congress and the White House.”
WTF were they doing for 4 years? So after losing Congress, they will actually start on trying to create jobs, improve the economy, and shrink the federal deficit they created?
No regrets Nancy? I am glad. Cause part of it is your demotion into a non-factor you hag.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 12:57pmPELOSI…..WE DO HAVE REGRETS….
Everyday that YOU were House Speaker.
Report Post »eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 12:53pmMR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:41am
The blond behind her on the right who is agreeing with everything Pelosi is saying looks quite startled when she starts (@1:20) talking about how the Democrats were trying the “Pay as you go” policy.
Pretty bad when you can’t get your own followers to swallow the lies.
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@ MR_ANDERSON
Your perception IS DEAD ON IT!
THAT ^$$%&*)( Blonde to the right of Pelosi IS A SLICK SPROCKET IN PELOSI’S WHEEL.
She is DIRTY “ B”…and she knows it!
HER WORDS SOUND GARBLED when she talks ….and that’s because;
HER LIES ARE RUNNING OVER HER TONGUE FASTER THAN GREASED LIGHTENING.
She’s wicked and ONE TO WATCH!
Report Post »osa
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 12:06pmwell, the nexted female speaker will have the honor of being the best. ole’ san fran nan… set the bar real low
Report Post »pdscann
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 11:45amI think the botox has really gotten to her brain…Debt Reduction / PAYGO has been your mantra, PLEASE! How about 14+Trillion
Report Post »bonnie potts
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 11:35amthey keep insisting they used pay-as-you-go. I am very curious WHO they were paying as they went. hopefully issa will be able to find out.
Report Post »kapnkd
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 11:06amREGRETS????
The only regrets by everyone else would be that it wasn‘t Queen Pelosi who was found in the dump instead of John Wheeler’s!
Maybe as a strong statement they should simply move her new office out to the same dump as a symbol of her “accomplishments”??
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:41amOne other thing, anybody see a similarity between the Madam Speaker and Carol Burnett’s Nora Desmond character? Spookey!
Report Post »apollo18
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:39amAnyone else seeing the merits of Californian succession?
Report Post »frankee47
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 9:58amwhen is this old hag going retire? america will be better for it.
Report Post »david3755
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 9:09amYou can’t fix stupid but you can vote it out of the speakership. Too bad her district is too stupid to understand what a mess she makes representing them.
Report Post »I_can't_believe_this_stuff
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 8:59amA grand day for a celebration: NP’s LAST DAY AS SPEAKER. Hooray. A wonderful way to begin the new Congress.
Report Post »the point
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 8:57amI think she is way too old to be using hard drugs.
Report Post »mcFirst
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 8:44amwhy do i get visions of baghdad bob.
If there was a lizard race that was controlling our planet, I’d look no further then NP.
Report Post »danrighty
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 8:18amSorry communist botox B#itch. Thank God this evil person is now kind of on the side lines. We have 2 more to go inorder to try to get some common sense put back into our government.
Report Post »Pat Alexander
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 8:05amA red letter day.
No chance of this loon ever becoming president now.
There is a God….
Report Post »EP46
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 6:35amDon’t worry Nancy..as usual we will take the responsibility…we have enough regrets about what you did to cover all of you.
I suggest that all members of the 2009-2010 Congress return their salaries as they did not DO THE PEOPLE’S WORK. The majority of voters did not agree with their ‘accomplishments’.
Also, seeing Debbie W. Schultz in the picture…for the longest time I did not know who she was, she was always seen in pictures two steps behind Nancy..I thought she was Nancy’s go-fer. Debbie is now back on tv blasting the Right…doing Nancy’s bidding. The people of Florida who elected Debbie really have a problem with reality.
Report Post »ck-DCdestroyesUS
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 5:32amPelosi is a dictatorial, totally undemocratic, elitist moron. I am sure Obama will miss her because her ultra stupid statements and lies took some heat off of him. Obama our first Marxist, Muslim, USA hating, Job killing, Affordable energy stopping, Healthcare destroying, Freedom of speech limiting Kenyan “president’!
Report Post »keepinupwithjones
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 5:23amHappy days are here again, oh happy days are here again!
Report Post »Anne G
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:47amAll they concentrated on for two years was Obamacare, their big dive into
socialized medicine. They could not have cared less about people out of work.
I guess they saw them as “collateral”. They could wait. Now they are pretending to care. Give
me a break. JOBS should have been the rallying cry from day 1 of Obama’s administration.
Who can believe this crap coming out of her mouth now.
By the way, I hope they get around to tossing all these commie czars out on their butts!
Report Post »AzCowboy
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 4:21amAZCOWBOY has only 1 thing to say. BYE
Report Post »jH…
Moment of Clarity
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 3:30am“our mantra is pay-as-you-go” … excuse me????
Report Post »TexasCommonSense
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:03amThe sad part of it is there are many who are way too uninformed and will believe her.
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 1:36amI am sure that she has many regrets about the last election. Maybe the next few years will give her a few more to think about. I am also sure that traveling to and from California might not be as pleasant for her now. I bet she will regret that.
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 1:15amI absolutely agree that their are no regrets – that she has had her last day as speaker…THANK GOD
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 2:41amThe blond behind her on the right who is agreeing with everything Pelosi is saying looks quite startled when she starts (@1:20) talking about how the Democrats were trying the “Pay as you go” policy.
Pretty bad when you can’t get your own followers to swallow the lies.
Report Post »oldguy48
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 7:13amAll I can say is that it is a shame you are now going to be the House Minority Speaker. She isn’t going far folks!
Report Post »Sure would have been nice if she would have had to hop on her broomstick and head home.
exdem
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 9:14am@Mr.Anderson That blonde is one of her flying monkeys!
Report Post »taskmaster78
Posted on January 5, 2011 at 10:20amHer statement that the Dems “inherited a near depression” yep but they through us into a world of hurt at 18%+ unemployment. What does she take us for idiots, pay as you go was dropped by the Dems and they played with the unemployment extensions saying this is not time to delay and again they borrowed the money. I look forward to when she is force out of “public life” and do what she’s do all along go home and serve herself.
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