Nancy Pelosi 
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SOURCE: The New York Times
7/22/2020
House Democrats Considered 10 Impeachment Articles Before Narrowing Their Case Against Trump
The question of what to include in the case against President Trump is at the heart of a new book by Norm Eisen, a lawyer working with House Democrats in the impeachment effort.
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SOURCE: New York Times
4/2/2020
From Afar, Congress Moves to Oversee Trump Coronavirus Response
Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she would move to form a special committee to scrutinize the Trump administration’s response, including how more than $2 trillion in federal relief money is being spent.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
3/25/2020
A Troublemaker With a Gavel
by Karen Tumulty
Perhaps, before too long, the troublemaker with a gavel will finally get her wish—to no longer hear herself introduced as the most powerful woman in American history.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
12/18/19
The apocalyptic worldview hidden in Trump’s letter to Pelosi
by Thomas Lecaque
Throughout history, the letter has been one of the literary genres most closely associated with apocalyptic texts.
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SOURCE: CNN
12/5/19
Pelosi did what no one else could
by Julian Zelizer
From the perspective of presidential history, this will become a major part of how we remember the term.
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SOURCE: NY Times
10/20/19
Pelosi Has History and the Constitution at Her Back
by Caroline Fredrickson
When the president runs amok, the House has a congressional duty to step in and provide oversight.
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10/11/19
The History Briefing On This Week's Impeachment Updates: How Historians Helped Us Understand the News
by Paige Morse
Historians play a key role in contextualizing current events for the public.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
10/07/2019
Nancy Pelosi Retweets Op Ed By Historian Jordan E. Taylor
by Jordan E. Taylor
The origins of our efforts to keep foreign countries out of our elections.
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Updated 11/20/19
Sondland Sings: Here's How Historians Are Responding
What historians are saying, tweeting and retweeting.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/25/19
The State of the Union shifts power to the president. Pelosi took it back.
by Kathryn Cramer Brownell
The shutdown upended the ‘bully pulpit’ Trump’s predecessors have used.
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SOURCE: Washington Post
1/16/19
Will the State of the Union be postponed? That hasn’t happened since the Challenger disaster.
Postponing a State of the Union speech is not unprecedented.
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SOURCE: The Conversation
1/3/19
Why Nancy Pelosi Was Reelected Speaker of the House
by Kathryn L. Pearson
Why has Nancy Pelosi been able to hold on to power for so long?
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SOURCE: Vox
11-19-18
Can the anti-Pelosi faction change the US House? History lessons for House Democrats.
The 1923 speaker election illustrated the power of a majority party faction to bargain for reform and drive a speaker from power.
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