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Trenton Mayor Douglas Palmer may be so excited about Nancy Pelosi’s visit to our state capital on Friday that he may be a little off on his history. “I don’t know if a speaker of the House has ever come to Trenton before but this is a major honor for our city,” Palmer told the Trentonian. Palmer has forgotten William Pennington, a New Jerseyan who served as Speaker of the House during the Buchanan administration and almost certainly visited Trenton.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has contributed money to John Adler’s campaign for Congress in the third district – a strong indication (and no surprise) that national Democrats are backing the Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman in his challenge to twelve-term Republican James Saxton.  

In a constituent newsletter paid for with tax dollars, Scott Garrett refers to a request to "Democrat House Speaker Nancy Pelosi." It's a small point, but Pelosi is the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, not simply the Speaker of the Democratic party.

Congressman Bill Pascrell will return to the House Homeland Security Committee.  The seven-term Democrat had served on the panel for four years, but gave the spot up to join the powerful House Ways and Means Committee.  Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the House Democratic leadership has now decided to give Pascrell a waiver so that he can serve on both committees.  He is the only New Jerseyan on the Homeland Security Committee.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and six Congresswoman hosted a fundraiser for Linda Stender in Washington last night.  Stender, a three-term Assemblywoman who came within one percentage point of upsetting Republican Mike Ferguson in 2006, spent the day meeting with potential donors.