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'''Nancy Pelosi''', M.C. is the Representative for the 8th Congressional District of [[San Francisco]], [[California]] and Minority Leader for the Democrats in the 112th Congress. She is the former [[Speaker of the House]], succeeding [[J. Dennis Hastert]] and preceding [[John Boehner]]. She is the first woman to become House Speaker. Pelosi, a [[Liberalliberal]] [[Democrat]], is among the top ten richest members of the House. <ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.asp?CID=N00007360&year=2005 opensecrets.org]</ref>
Pelosi prides herself in "being called a liberal" and does not consider herself a "moderate". <ref>Michael Crowley, "Follow the Leader," New Republic, November 25, 2002.</ref> Before becoming Speaker of the House, she was the Congressional Representative for the district containing [[San Francisco]] and has generally been criticized for imposing [[San Francisco values]] on mainstream America. In July 2008 Pelosi told [[George Stephanopoulos]] on [[ABC News]]'s on the ''[[This Week]]'' program, {{Cquote|I'm trying to save the planet, I'm trying to save the planet<ref>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUx6o9qpYY</ref>}}
