This should/ could have been taken care of last year- if the house and senate had been doing their jobs instead of wasting everyones time and money on the campaign trail. Neither party seemed too worried about the miliatry, epa or planned parenthood funding then. It's sad that the opening lines of concerned members are 1- the museums being closed, the cancellation of the cherry blossom festival, and THEN- the possible nonpayment of military. Yes- let's get our priorities straight!

What a twit. (Did I mis-spell that?)

If she believed in our kids or in the future, she wouldn't be stealing all their money, and if she believed in education, she'd help the adults shut-down the teachers unions.

And if she believed in doing her job, she'd have passed a budget, required by law, last year when she was Speaker.

I can't think of any reason, ever, to pay any attention to what this idiot says.

Agreed. If Pelosi had done her job last year this wouldn't have been happening this year.

She and Hoyer need to accept responsibility for this debacle....but it will never happen.

You have to pass it first, to see what's in it, famous quote by who , about the health care bill. Doesn't feel so go being on the other end of it does it Mrs. Pelosi

It's stunning to me that anyone would sit in a room with this woman and listen to her lies and insults. She is a MAJOR reason that we are in the situation we are today. She was the Speaker of the House and failed to do her most basic duty - PASS A BUDGET. She lies, she exaggerates, and she insults people who dare question her. Frankly she's disgusting. She is a wealthy government supremacist who wants nothing more than to have more and more people dependent on the system so she can grow the government and increase the wealth and power of herself, her husband and the rest of her cronies. She is the very definition of what is wrong with this country. Simply DISGUSTING. SHAME on everyone who demeaned themselves by sitting in that room and listened to anything she had to say.

The alternate spelling with an 'a' in place of the 'i' is also appropriate. So is an entirely different four letter word that comes to mind.

Anyway, it was the constitutionally mandated job of the House and Senate in 2010 to write and pass the 2011 budget. The majority party of the legislative branch and the executive branch told us in June 2010 that they did not plan to put forth a budget, they were just going to spend willy nilly with continuing resolutions. And here we are today. I say shut 'er down. I celebrate it. Pay essential services only... i.e. military (which is Oblahma's call, no telling what that excrement will do).

Well Nancy, why didn't you get the budget done last year on YOUR watch? WHY DID YOU FAIL TO DO YOUR JOB??????????????????????

It looks like the only thing that can kill the liberal progressive movement IS a government shut down. SHUT THIS SICK CORRUPTED GOVERNMENT DOWN!

Pelosi is a disgrace to the office she holds. How do idiots like this get elected?

dems still refuse to accept what happened in the last election. I for one, am excited for the next election.
tea baggers are my friends and neighbors. they are 'the people' these dems are wolves and we are the sheep to them. out with them all.

Reid and Pelosi and Ob and the rest of the lazy rotten shove down our throats whatmost Americans sis not want and what Pelosi says llets pass it to see whats in it health care shame. Well what they did not do is pass a budget when they had both houses and the president and now they stand up and lie to the American citizens saying it the Reublicans fault how stupid do they think we are ? We are not dumb Reid and Pelosi these are not back in the days that you had in your hay days when you just lied and lied through your teeth and got away with it night after night. nope this is the imformation age and people know up to the minute about news and who, when and what. So you cannot pull the wool over anyone eyes anymore you filthy liars. Ried and pelosi you both should be impeached by your memberss for just being old and ugly and liars.

We are taking back the Country,,We dont care about the party.,,
i can see the BoTox has flooded the frontal lob.
Poor thing.,hope she has a restfull retirement.,,

So exciting... (yawn)... Ms. Pelosi keeping it real at Tufts. Of course this proves that the whole amateur Kabuki play concerning shutdown is real and dramatic, and that the people should just shut up and accept the programming so they can be rammed into the ground with unprecedented, unheard of debt, which will have the effect of bankrupting the country while at the same time paying out handsomely to those who are positioned properly.

I listen to this woman and it makes me wonder if some of my conservative values are correct. Pelosi, Reid, Durbin, Schumer, Obama, Boxer, Sharpton, Jackson; someone please remind me why I was against abortion again. Here are prime examples of where abortions would have been a good thing!

How very appropriate that the meeting is at Tufts where they recently concluded a study costing hundreds of thousands of dollars to determine that cardiac patients might have a heart attack during sex. Tufts apparently spends money like the federal government: generously and for stupid reasons. She is probably defending a woman's right to choose to kill her unborn child, which if you think about it is pretty stupid also. I would bet that the majority of these murdered children would probably gorw up to vote Democrat.

Between her, Boxer, Reid and other blue millionaires in Congress - why don't they donate their own money rather than have the taxpayer pony up all the frivolous expenses. That goes for the Presidents jaunts and weekend getaways. try paying for it yourself rather than have the burdened taxpayer foot the bill.Pelosi and Hoyer and the rest of the blues scooted on their responsibility to serve the people who elected them to power. They all need to be removed from their posts immediately.

she has her own PERSONAL airline-sized jet to go around in...guess who pays for this boondoggle? YOU...then she jets off to her 2 wineries in Napa Valley to watch over her vineyards, gazing at the illegal immigrant peasants tending her fields while she sips Merlot and says she represents the people???? left-wing quack millionaire who wants to destroy the taxpayer class to satisfy her crony contributors and her delusions of grandeur...this is the same nutjob who said we had to pass the Obamacare health bill "so we could find out what's in it"

She's the perfect spokeswoman for the current 'Let em eat cake' administration.

Why is she still talking?

Ms. Pelosi, Mr. Reid, and President Obama have had since last October to put a budget in place and have failed to do so. America has tired of Pelosi's grandstanding.

that evil witch is such a nothing in terms of coherent honest communication. If the dems had passed a budget, when by law it was their job to, this today would not be taking place. WHY ARE THE TRAITORS STILL ALIVE?

The media is full of puny little ideas for reducing the deficit and the debt. They're all insignificant compared to my idea. Read all about it on www.ideasforourfuture.com. It's quite simple, really, comparable to Kennedy's "Man To The Moon" project in 1962. These are desperate times and they call for dramatic measures -- like this:
All we have to do is to offer Mexico $1T (paid over 10 years) for the Baja peninsula, medicalize drugs (thus eliminating the drug cartels), then build a state-of-the-art infrastructure to make Baja the 51st state and a wonderful place to live. It would be grander than Dubai or Hawaii, with better weather than Florida, closer to mainland USA than Hawaii, close to all the West coast mil- and billionaires. It would attract rich people from all over the world, with the best weather and beaches in the world, the freedom and law & order of the USA, 36 million acres of paradise, a perfect retirement haven for the rich. With the US government as landlord and real estate seller, it'd easily bring in $20T over ten years and pay off the entire national debt. Read www.ideasforourfuture.com and see how we could REALLY fix our economy. The USA is a great country, and we're WAY overdue for a major project that would get everyone proud of the USA again.
Thanks for your time,
Lee Webb, Naples, FL and Broomfield, CO

I have to say that after a rough day and listening to politcal garbage, these comments had me laughing out loud...thanks guys - and gals!

And where, madam was your compassion for the American people when you and your cronies jammed through a healthcare bill that more than 3/4 of us didn't want? You are nothing but a self-righteous, blame everyone else, lackluster bag of stall air. Go away will you and take that jerk Obama, Reid and Schuler with you. Dang this crap and these stupid, moronic talking points are so old and meaningless.

Never in my lifetime did I imagine that I would call a member of the US House a f%$#^&*@ idiot.

Nancy has driven me to do so!!!!!!

VALUES?

HER VALUES ARE TO SPEND OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY.

MY VALUES ARE TO SPEND MY OWN MONEY.

UNDERSTAND?

Sam Rayburn is spinning in his grave...

One of the few web sites where you aren't screened first by the Communist membership committee. Drudge rocks. 21st century Thomas Paine - good Common Sense

The issues that are currently holding up the budget unnecessary programs and I wish the GOP would use that argument with the dems. Planned parenthood is a DUPLICATE unneeded program. If a womens income is low or moderate they qualify for women's services thru Medicaid, they also have a health dept in practically every county that also serve these needs. Seniors that have to little food are eligible for foodstamps, again the meal program is redundant and unnecessary. Head start, well it is a nice program but I don't think anyone ever died from waiting until the age of 5 to go to school, and looking at test scores decline, they sure can't claim that this program has helped education!!

I don't get it... after reading this blog, most of the comments are pro conservative... against liberal spending, and obviously anti Pelosi. SO, WHY do the recent polls say the public is unhappy with the GOP?? Isn't that what they were elected to do in November?? Cut the CRAP and the BUDGET??

Way to pessimistic.  With oil on its way to 200 a barrel, Guantanamo still open, 4 times the yearly deficits of Bush, three wars not instead of two, never gotten out of Iraq, having never cut spending, a total lack of transparency, no answer for the boarder, never allowing the 3 days for the legislatures to read bills, reinstituted the Patriot ACT even more intrusive, and on and on, just call him Obamush – Obama/Bush on steroids.

the stuffed elephant Nancy got looks just like Speaker of the House John Boehner's, only it's smaller,
and without brass balls or the slot to fit folded federal judges into. It's all about women's empowerment!

Soros rings the bell and all of these socialist, re-distribution fanatics jump. She runs to his meeting even though the congress is in turmoil and a shut-down pending. Yup, we know who really runs the Democratic Party establishment now.

The democraps have had control of the house and senate for years and haven't passed a budget. Obummer has increased the budget ten fold. Nothing to see here folks. Go back to sleep!

I like "democraps" -- mind if I use that one? Total agreement with Alex. If Pelousy is so worried about "meals on wheels" during the shutdown, then collect money from the congressional leaders that failed to pass a budget last year to keep those wheels turning. If we didn't do our job, we'd be fired and wouldn't get paid!!!

This last Congress with its leaders, Reid and Pelosi and King Obama, have to have been the most irresponsible Congress and leadership that I have seen in my 70+ years. Unfortunately, the same group still has control of the Senate. Both Reid and Pelosi and their Democratic majorities have openly and repeatedly lied, connived against the wishes of the majority of the American people to promote their socialistic and personal agendas, spent 5 trillion of American dollars which we do not have, and run us into a level of debt that I have doubts we will ever recover from. Yet, they still are trying to throw what little money we have left away on the same old corrupt programs in order to reward their own contributers. It is obvious that few in either party that have been up there very long are interested in only their own welfare and re-election, even if it destroys America. Unless they are just stupid beyond belief, there is no other way they could do what they have done and continue to attempt to do. I am sick of all of them.

See: Not Yours To Give - Colonel Davy Crockett, U.S. Representative from Tennessee. Yes, our beloved King of the Wild Frontier. This will show what is and isn't permitted by our government as far as spending our money. Really good site at the Foundation For Economic Education known as FEE.
fee.org/library/not-yours-to-give-2/ Every American should know about this. Let's educate!

It's naturally difficult for tyrants like Pelosi to cope with the fact their world is ending, and the land of the free is returning. Don't worry Pelosi, there's a nice, cozy prison cell waiting for you after your impeachment ;)

It was reported that Pelosi was going through another round of Botox.
Who gives a crap what Pelosi thinks, does or doesn't do? She is a has been.

Couldn't have said it better, Nico. Polosi is undoubtedly one of the sorriest members of this country's government. The worse part about it is, that there are 533 more just like her in Washington. The sorriest, lousiest, most corrupt people in this country are given the title of 'leaders'. What a terrible injustice to this country and her people.

Hopeless Changeless and F....k you!

this is a soros sponsored event!!he has plenty more planned..why did'nt turfs list that information?i am a senior citizen..and nancy,the drama queen.should have given this performance in hollywood only.and nancy,iam a senior citizen and dont mind going without meals...so my grandkids wont have to be slaves to china.bulletin:they country has woken up..nancy..too bad for you and bammy and your ilk.your stance on planned parenhood should get you to hell,and you should be ex-communicated from the catholic church...hypocrite.soros....keep paying for these events....we will not believe a word you or nancy says.

I find hard to believe that all you liberals can listen to this nut job speak and then with a straight face tell us that Sarah Palin is dumb.

"Minute to minute, hour to hour, we're getting reports," Pelosi said. "As long as we don't have to take something to the floor, I can be with you right now." This is why she never gave it up! She truly believes in her own head she is that important. Her and Harry are the worst representatives for the over used "American People" as has ever been. They don't give a crap about the "American People" What have they ever done but prosper off of the "American People" Does anybody have enough sense to see it. Most under educated country in the world could see this!!

Pelousy is as spaced out as her constituency in San Fransicko. No wonder she won her re-election in Nov. 2010. You might say she's the Barney Frank of the left coast!

Would you still be talking about values Nancy if you didn't have billions in the bank? What about your wasteful office space spending. Quit talking out of your butt, you and your liberal left had a chance and you blew. Sorry but its time to talk about MONEY and typical Democratic spending policies that are taking this country broke. You ever try and eat values?

The "Lady"? Should be out of congress but she is from the "Flower Child" district of San Francisco/Oakland and she will always be elected by the less than informed of that area. They still live in the 60's and the think life is found in drugs and free sx.

She's out lining her pockets taking care of number one. Don't believe this phoney presentation by a "non profit" organization: National Conference for Media Reform. What a crock. Most "non profits" are and arm of a financial, politcal, or industrial organization formed to appear as "independent" when indeed they are nothing but a mouthpiece for some puppet master somewhere. Consider their opening speaker: Stretch Pelosi. Ha!

pelosi is such a giving and thoughtful person...she was probably out sniffing up meals for those 3 million seniors that she is so worried about!!
thank you wonderful nancy

Total trips: 85 trips over a 68 week period or 1.25 average trips per week.
Total mileage: 206,264 miles or 2,427 average miles per trip
Total flying time: 428.6 hours or an average of 5 hrs per trip
Cost to the taxpayers: $2,100,744.59 or $27,715.00 per trip or $1,285,162.00 per year
Cost of in flight food and alcohol: $101,429.14 or $1,193.00 per trip or $62,051.00 per year.

On one junket to Baghdad, according to the Air Force report, she had the aircraft bar stocked with Johnny Walker Red Scotch, Grey Goose Vodka, E&J Brandy, Bailey's Irish Creme, Maker's Mark whiskey, Courvoisier Cognac, Bacardi Rum, Jim Beam Whiskey, Beefeater Gin, Dewars Scotch, Bombay Sapphire Gin, Jack Daniels Whiskey, Corona Beer and several varieties of wine. This was obviously a very important "gubment bidness" trip.

Any legislator who's taken money from Planned Parenthood should not be voting for their continued funding. If they do, they should be removed from office and face criminal charges at the State and Federal level. These people take our tax dollars from people that bribe them with those same tax dollars. Does anyone who's a prosecutor not see something illegal in their behavior?

I'll use Mr West's words and Judge Judy's Book title: "DON'T BLOW SUNSHINE UP MY BUTT" AND "DON'[T PEE ON MY LEG AND TELL ME IT'S RAINING" both for pelosi, reid and obama

If Pelisi truly cared about "starving seniors", she would (and certainly could) immediately write a check to reimburse American taxpayers for the MILLIONS of taxpayer dollars she wasted flying around on her Special Air Force plane.
What a loathsome creture she is.

I am a retired Professional female in my 70's, educated, PHD in LIFE--I could do Pelosi's job , Clean the House, Cook the meals, Mow the Yard , Sew a dress , drive myself to work in my own car and gas and still have time to read a book. She is pushing 70 - so what does she do? Just blow smoke up our butts. We got you number, BABE!

She's dispicable, along with Harry Ried; that says it all.

Nancy's committment is to President George Soros, not 'the little people", regardless of what she'll tell you. Unfortunately, she's not alone.

One comment on the story in general - it would have been nice to include the location of Tufts University. The hook reflects that Pelosi left town at a crutial juncture. It fails to highlight how far away she was. Journalism 101.

The 2010 Baja quake killed only 2 people, and that was because of shoddy home construction. There was far more damage in California from that quake than in Mexico, where it was centered. The LA and SF faults have far more potential for future destruction than the Mexicali fault -- Google it. The Baja peninsula consists of 36 million acres of the best undeveloped real estate in the world, fantastic beaches, deep sea fishing in the Sea of Cortez, etc., etc. Baja connects more to the USA than it does to Mexico, less hurricane potential than Florida or the Gulf, warmer winters & cooler summers than Florida, check it out. Read www.ideasforourfuture.com, topic #2. The purchase of Baja by the US government would make both Mexico and the USA solvent, stop the drug cartels, bring most of the itinerant Mexican laborors down to Baja where they could be part of the biggest land development project in the history of the world. Only one thing -- when our debt is paid off, congress must be forced to enact an iron-clad balanced budget amendment. Please listen to the logic, people.
Thanks for your time,
Lee Webb, Naples, FL & Broomfield, CO
lwebb82@comcast.net
www.ideasforourfuture.com

From FreedomTalk Forum:
"WHO IS THE BIGGEST CROOK?:

--QADDAFY'S LOOT: 30 BILLION IN 30 YEARS.

--OBAMA'S LOOT : $1300 BILLION IN 2 YEARS ----BIGGEST CROOK IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD!!!

ALL THE 1300 BILLION STIMULUS  MONEY HAS BEEN STOLEN BY THE DEMOCRATS LED BY OBAMA AND PELOSI.
THIS MONEY WAS SUPPOSEDLY FOR NEEDY AMERICANS......BUT WAS STOLEN INSTEAD BY THESE CROOKS.

ALL DEMOCRATS AND LIBERALS  HAVE SHARED IN THE LOOT AND ARE GUILTY OF GRAND THEFT!

THE 1.3 TRILLION STIMULUS THEFT IS A SINGLE AND BIGGEST THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS  EVER DONE TO ANY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD
HERE IS HOW THESE CROOKS STOLE OUR CASH:

OBAMA'S LOOT IS HIDDEN IN VAULTS IN HAWAII AND CHICAGO
PELOSI" LOOT= 200 BILLION --PELOSI TOOK THE CASH IN AIR FORCE PLANES TO HER RANCH IN CALIFORNIA. SHE BY PASSED AIRPORT SECURITY AND TOOK THE CASH!

100 BILLION WAS RESERVED BY PELOSI TO PAY REPUBLICANS AND TEA PARTY  MEMBERS TO KEEP QUIET ABOUT OBAMA'S  ID AND BIRTH CERTIFICATE
EXAMPLE: SCOTT BROWN, WAS PAID BY PELOSI SO MUCH CASH THAT HE NOW SERVES OBAMA 24/7

THE REST WAS DIVIDED AMONG DEMOCRATS CONGRESSMEN AND WOMEN AND DEMOCRATIC SENATORS"

Nancy, following Obama's Lead, skipped town. I guess no one got the message to Harry Reid. Although he may have been in a Cowboy Poetry session. Run, Nancy, Run.

Sooo Funny! When Pelosi was in charge, she wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. Now that she's in the "back seat", she's urging us to find common ground. What a hypocrite!

Why is this a story? Pelosi is not a leader of ANYTHING, she is just a single vote.......... she is nothing.

Hi Dudette45
If Barney would spend the Money Pelosi on hair & nails I am sure Barney could have them too.
She thinks she is a Celb.
Same as Michelle Obama was wearing Chain store clothes when they were running for Pres.
Now she seeks designer shops with $1,200 purses... Hopefully we have enough people awake (not sleeping) that we can get the Glitz out of thWhite House in 12.....

I agree with Nancy, it is all about values. With Gold closing at $1474.52 per ounce and Silver closing at $40.93 per ounce it should be obvious that the VALUE of America's Dollar is declining. Declining to the point where even CNBC printed an article about the Toxic Dollar and its removal as the World Standard Currency, but only those who hold dollars have to worry about that.
To paraphrase Florida's congressman Douche who said It's not that Medicare is expensive, it's just that we have so many poor people; So it follows - It's not that Gold & Silver is expensive, it's just that the dollar is worth less.
I wonder if Germany, Saudi Arabia, and China will bail-out America .....

"Take back your party so it doesn't matter so much who wins the election." She says this in Massachusetts and people celebrate and support her.

In other words, she believes that the best way to run the American government is when both parties are so similar that the elections we conduct are just for show - they don't really matter, and she says it without, apparently, any hint of irony. She really means it, as long as she's one of the people who remains in power, who continues to get elected. People here these things come out of her mouth - it's really a Totalitarian sentiment - and they just refuse to acknowledge them.

I love the comments that each of you have shared on this blog--many are so on target, however what
concerns me most is her being a keynote speaker this week end at the George Soros sponsored "Media"
event. This group of anarchists, along with a great deal of help from the President, have plans to destroy this country. Just look at who the mentors of BHO were. My parents always told me "Show me your friends and I will show you your future." Still goes. PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY!

Obama and Pelosi have out-manuvered Boehner and are laughing at the Tea Party, American people and shredding the US Constitution and nobody realizes Obama has destroyed the GOP in 24 hrs.
Obama is the victor and his re-election is certain now.
America must realize Obama will get 4 more years. It's over for the opposition, it's over for our Country and our Constitution. We are done for.... Finished by these crooks.

Can anyone imagine signing any sort of paper without first knowing what was in it? Yet that is what Nacny Peolosi said about the health care bill. How did someone this dumb ever get voted into office?