The Common Good was pleased to host House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi, who spoke on a range of topics from current developments in the Middle East to tackling the fiscal cliff, economic recovery, deficit reduction and how to cure the political dysfunction in Washington.
Nancy Pelosi is the Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives in the 112th Congress. From 2007 to 2011, she served as the first woman Speaker of the House and is also the first woman in American history to lead a major political party in Congress, having served as House Democratic leader from 2003 to 2007. Leader Pelosi has represented San Francisco, California’s Eighth District, for 25 years.
