Nancy Pelosi

State Sen. Tom McClintock's congressional campaign again criticized opponent Charlie Brown over his campaign contributions from embattled U.S. Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-New York) and noted that U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco), who has also contributed to Brown's campaign, is facing questions about her own campaign fundraising.

The campaign criticized Brown, a Roseville Democrat, for staying silent about both fellow Democrats while making ethics a centerpiece of his previous campaign for the 4th Congressional District in 2006.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, not wanting a repeat of Monday's failed vote on the $700 billion Wall Street bailout package, implored her colleagues to vote for the measure a second time early Friday afternoon.

Her entreaties paid off as the rescue bill was passed.263 to 171. 

The San Francisco Democrat promised that inquiries into how the nation got into the mess in the first place would be carried out.

Nancy, just don't call it a "rescue"!

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says "we extend a hand of cooperation to the White House, to the Republicans so that we can get this issue resolved..."

The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a $700 billion bailout package for the financial markets today by a 228-205 margin, with a similarly close split among California representatives.

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Three Northern California members of Congress - all Democrats, and all from the Bay Area - make the list of richest elected representatives in Washington D.C., according to a new list compiled by Roll Call of the 50 wealthiest congressional members. Eight politicians from all of California make the list.

U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-San Francisco) ranks eighth on the list, with an estimated value of $52.34 million. With her husband, financier Richard Blum, Feinstein has a diversified and lucrative stock portfolio that grew by $1.8 million in the last two years. She also owns homes in Hawaii and Tahoe City.

The group backing Proposition 11 is asking congressional Democrats to buck pressure from above and endorse the redistricting measure.

Jeanine English, state president of the AARP, said in a press release that 11's backers have sent a letter to those Democrats asking for their help with an endorsement.