Thread: Pelosi Ranked Most Partisan by Other Lawmakers

Pelosi Ranked Most Partisan by Lawmakers
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2:31 PM
By: Rick Pedraza

A survey of more than 100 members of the House of Representatives shows Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to be the most partisan lawmaker on Capitol Hill.

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, D-Calif., ranked second most partisan behind Pelosi, followed by House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., D-Mich., Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., and Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., according to the survey conducted by The Hill.

Frank is the only congressman who made both the partisan and bipartisan lists, the survey shows. Frank was described by one GOP lawmaker as “obnoxious and arrogant,â€

[b]Pelosi, who has been described as an ideologue, denies charges of partisanship, accusing the Republican Party of “processâ€