Gan
12-26-2006, 11:55 AM
The four days of celebrations surrounding her swearing-in as the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives on January 4 have been carefully designed to introduce her properly to the American people.
The festivities will begin on January 2 with a civic lunch in Baltimore, the home town of Ms Pelosi, where a street will be named after her. She will then join an extended family dinner at an Italian restaurant.
The next day she will attend Mass at Trinity College in Washington, a tea for 400 women politicians and activists, and a dinner at the Italian Embassy. There, she is scheduled to be serenaded by Tony Bennett singing I Left My heart in San Francisco — a reference to her Congressional district.
Ms Pelosi will attend a non-denominational service at St Peter’s Catholic Church on Capitol Hill on January 4, and then eat brunch with hundreds of supporters at the Cannon House Office Building and the Library of Congress.
At noon the House will convene to elect her as the Speaker. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will then hold a fundraising dinner at the Building Museum, where 1,200 guests will pay $1,000 (£500) each to salute her between performances by Jimmy Buffett, Carole King and Mickey Hart. Finally, on January 5, she will hold an invitation-only “People’s House” at her offices.
All the events, with the exception of the fundraising dinner, are being paid for by the Pelosi campaign war chest.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2516837,00.html
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Wow... she party's almost as hard as a newely elected president upon being sworn in.
Oh, and for a liberal of her stature, she sure is showing up in a lot of churches.
Yes, this is going to be a very interesting 2 years... much less the first 100 hours.
The festivities will begin on January 2 with a civic lunch in Baltimore, the home town of Ms Pelosi, where a street will be named after her. She will then join an extended family dinner at an Italian restaurant.
The next day she will attend Mass at Trinity College in Washington, a tea for 400 women politicians and activists, and a dinner at the Italian Embassy. There, she is scheduled to be serenaded by Tony Bennett singing I Left My heart in San Francisco — a reference to her Congressional district.
Ms Pelosi will attend a non-denominational service at St Peter’s Catholic Church on Capitol Hill on January 4, and then eat brunch with hundreds of supporters at the Cannon House Office Building and the Library of Congress.
At noon the House will convene to elect her as the Speaker. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will then hold a fundraising dinner at the Building Museum, where 1,200 guests will pay $1,000 (£500) each to salute her between performances by Jimmy Buffett, Carole King and Mickey Hart. Finally, on January 5, she will hold an invitation-only “People’s House” at her offices.
All the events, with the exception of the fundraising dinner, are being paid for by the Pelosi campaign war chest.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2516837,00.html
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Wow... she party's almost as hard as a newely elected president upon being sworn in.
Oh, and for a liberal of her stature, she sure is showing up in a lot of churches.
Yes, this is going to be a very interesting 2 years... much less the first 100 hours.