'''Nancy Pelosi''', M.C. is the Representative for the 8th [[Congressional District]] of [[California]] and is the current [[Speaker of the House]](2007-), succeeding [[J. Dennis Hastert]]. She is the first woman to become house speaker and the ninth richest of 435 members of the House.<ref>http://www.opensecrets.org/pfds/CIDsummary.asp?CID=N00007360&year=2005</ref>
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'''Nancy Pelosi''', M.C. is the Representative for the 8th [[Congressional District]] of [[California]] and is the current [[Speaker of the House]](2007-), succeeding [[J. Dennis Hastert]]. She is the first woman to become house speaker and the ninth richest of 435 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 doesn't consider herself a "moderate". <ref>Michael Crowley, "Follow the Leader," New Republic, November 25, 2002.</ref>
Pelosi prides herself in "being called a liberal" and doesn't consider herself a "moderate". <ref>Michael Crowley, "Follow the Leader," New Republic, November 25, 2002.</ref>