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Rep. Nancy Pelosi is the minority leader of the U.S. House. Formerly the Speaker of the House from 2007-2011, Pelosi has been the House Democratic leader since January of 2003.
Recent statements involving Nancy Pelosi
In April 2009 "the Democrats were in control, and the congressional (approval) rating was 40 percent."
More private-sector jobs were created in the second year of the Obama administration than in the eight years of the Bush administration.
Promotes a chart saying that Barack Obama has "increased the debt" by 16 percent, compared to George W. Bush, who increased it by 115 percent.
"In the first year of the Obama administration, more jobs were created in the private sector than in the eight years of the Bush administration."
Wrote that in 2006, Nancy Pelosi said she didn’t think capturing Osama bin Laden "makes us any safer," but in 2011 called his killing "historic."
Recent stories featuring Nancy Pelosi
Super PACs air similar claim on Pelosi-Gingrich ties:
Claims about Newt Gingrich teaming with Nancy Pelosi on global warming appear in video ads from two different super PACs, including one supporting Texas Gov. Rick Perry's presidential candidacy. PolitiFact put those claims to the Truth-O-Meter.
There's more to television than just debates:
We also found facts to check on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart.
With the entry of former pizza CEO and talk show host Herman Cain into the 2012 presidential race, our fair state now boasts two presidential prospects.
This means PolitiFact Georgia has the pleasure of checking both of them.
Newt Gingrich, whose campaign offices are in Buckhead, earned a True on health care. Cain scored a Mostly True on his claim about food stamp use and False on a gaffe about the U.S. Constitution.
Not to ignore national politics, we gave U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi a Pants on Fire for a chart she posted about the national debt. Her Republican counterpart, U.S. House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, earned a Mostly True for a statement he made on U.S. coal to the Atlanta Press Club.
Run, Georgia, run!
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Final days of election: Dynamite!:
We're in the election's final stretch, and politicians have dynamite in their hands.
As our sister site PolitiFact National noted in an analysis of this election season's claims, "campaigns often begin with a kernel of truth. But then they stretch it, twist it and blow it up."
In Georgia, politicians went nuclear with claims on jobs, legislation on child abuse and ethics violations.
This week's wreckage could have been far worse. We ruled Mostly True on a claim by Democratic candidate for governor Roy Barnes.
But our overall analysis of the gubernatorial campaign shows that if we had a Nastymeter, it would have spun like the Wheelie ride at Six Flags Over Georgia.
Don't try this on an empty stomach, ladies and gentlemen.
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Caller: How would you vote (just 'tween us and the Truth-O-Meter)?:
Our latest article on U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett's charge that GOP challenger Donna Campbell has called for an end to federal education aid pivots on how she answered a caller's question to a public-access cable TV show--but it's not our only article based on ayes and nays...
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