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By Susan Page
Twelve: 448 pages, $33
Itâs difficult to write a fresh-sounding biography of a woman who has been in Washington longer than some members of Congress have been alive.
But even longtime watchers of House Speaker Nancy Nancy Pelosi will learn something new about the most powerful woman in the country â and how she got that way â from USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Pageâs new biography, âMadam Speaker: Nancy Pelosi and the Lessons of Power,â out this week.
Page notes the potential pitfalls in exploring such a known quantity, noting Pelosiâs tendency to recite the same quotes by Thomas Paine, Abraham Lincoln, even Ronald Reagan; her ability to stay relentlessly on message; and her unwillingness to dish to reporters. Some well-trod anecdotes make their way into the book, but Pageâs unprecedented access to the two-time speaker â 10 conversations over two years and interviews with 150 of Pelosiâs family members, fri
(Mark Rogers/Odessa American via AP)
After longtime Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away in September, President Trump and then-Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell both made it clear that a nomination to replace her would be made and that confirmation hearings would be held before Election Day. This infuriated the left, who began calling for adding Justices to the Supreme Court otherwise known as “packing the court.”
Because Democrats were getting hammered with questions on court-packing, they tried to change the definition to mean filling existing vacancies. For example, Joe Biden said in October that “the fact is that the only packing going on is this court is being packed now by the Republicans after the vote is already begun.”