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Speaker Pelosi honors Rep. Langevin at an event honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act in Washington
Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) receives a gavel from Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), as House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD) watches, at an event honoring the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disability Act, in the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington on July 26, 2010. Following the event Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) will become the first wheelchair bound member of Congress to chair over the House of Representatives. The SpeakerÕs rostrum on the House Floor has just been made wheelchair-accessible through a series of lifts. UPI/Kevin Dietsch

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Celebrating the 46th anniversary of Medicare
Added July 27, 2011 with 7 photos
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was joined by members of Congress and Medicare recipients alike in celebrating the program's inception 46 years ago.
Tree planting ceremony honoring Rep. Murtha
Added June 16, 2011 with 7 photos
Joyce Murtha and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, and her grandsons Paul and Thomas participate in a tree planting ceremony of an American Red Oak in honor of Congressman John Murtha, who passed away in February of 2010, on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2011.
Statue of President Gerald Ford unveiled
Added May 03, 2011 with 16 photos
Speaker of the House John Boehner, along with the children of former President Gerald Ford, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger unveiled a statue of the late former President Gerald R. Ford in the U.S. Capitol Building.
Nancy Pelosi: Speaker of the House, 2007-2011
Added January 05, 2011 with 60 photos
Nancy Pelosi
Added December 27, 2007 with 24 photos
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