"America must be a light to the world, not just a missile. "

Mama Pelosi!

Nancy Pelosi is the 60th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. She is a democrat, the first woman and the first Italian-American to lead a political party in either house of Congress. Pelosi has represented the 8th District of California since 1987.

Nancy Patricia D'Alesandro Pelosi was born in Baltimore, Maryland and became interested in politics at a young age. Her father, Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr., was a U.S. Congressman from Maryland and Mayor of Baltimore. She married her college boyfriend, and moved to his hometown, San Francisco. Once her five children were raised, Pelosi became involved in politics, eventually becoming the Democratic chairwoman for Northern California. The Pelosi family has a net worth of over $25 million, mainly in investments and shares in publicly traded companies like Microsoft and Amazon.com. She is the wealthiest member of Congress.

Pelosi was elected to a full term, succeeding Sala Burton in 1988 and has been reelected eight times, with more than a 70% vote. In the House, Pelosi has served on the Appropriation and Intelligence Committees, and was the ranking Democrat on the Intelligence Committee for two years.

Pelosi is an outspoken opponent of the Bush Administration's dealings with the 9/11 terrorist attacks. She is against the War in Iraq, and introduced an amendment to the FY 2006 Defense Appropriations bill calling on Bush to specify a strategy for a successful outcome in Iraq, including a timeline for a safe withdrawal of American troops.

Pelosi's agenda for the Democrat's includes increasing minimum wage, ethics reform, federal power to negotiate prescription medicine for Medicare recipients, increased federal support of stem cell research, banning gifts from lobbyists and cutting back travel paid for by private interests.