WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Barack Obama officially was certified Thursday as the next president of the United States.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- The scope of a recovery plan for the punk U.S. economy will be discussed by President-elect Barack Obama and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, party officials said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Political observers say U.S. President-elect Barack Obama is swiftly uniting congressional Democrats while reaching out to their Republican counterparts.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18 (UPI) -- U.S. House Democrats Tuesday elected Rep. Xavier Becerra of California as caucus vice chairman.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- Washington insiders are saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has become the most powerful woman in U.S. political history.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 12 (UPI) -- U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for legislation that would enable U.S. automakers to participate in the $700 billion federal bailout.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., who will be President-elect Barack Obama's White House chief of staff, said Sunday Obama favors government aid for the auto industry.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama apologized Friday to former first lady Nancy Reagan for an off-the-cuff comment, a spokeswoman said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has called for a possible $100 billion stimulus package now and a tax cut in 2009, The Wall Street Journal said Friday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. Rep. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill., could become White House chief of staff in an Obama administration, Washington politicos suggested Tuesday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- Democrats could control more than 250 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives next year with better funding, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (UPI) -- Finger pointing in Washington began almost as soon as numbers came in for the failed U.S. House vote on the federal $700 bailout package.
NEW YORK, Sept. 16 (UPI) -- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has agreed to make his first appearance on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central announced Tuesday.
DENVER, Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Streamers and confetti fell on the Democratic presidential ticket of Barack Obama and Joe Biden at the close of the Democratic National Convention in Denver.
