Pelosi Screws The Pooch
There goes the Neighborhood , Queen Nancy Picked the wrong fight again , It’s called Partisan politics , and now her reward is a show of “no confidence” from the Conservative and Moderate Republicans
The measure, which is designed to get battered lending markets working normally again, needed 218 votes for passage. But it came up 13 votes short of that target, with a final vote of 228 to 205 against. Two-thirds of Democrats and one-third of Republicans voted for the measure.
And this From the Guardian UK of all Tabloids : Excerpts Form Queen Nancy’s Rant
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Republicans in the US House of Representatives blamed Democratic speaker Nancy Pelosi for the failed bail-out vote, claiming she made a partisan speech near the end of a debate on the rescue plan. Below are quotes from the speech:
“[W]hen was the last time someone asked you for $700bn? It is a number that is staggering, but tells us only the costs of the Bush administration’s failed economic policies — policies built on budgetary recklessness, on an anything-goes mentality, with no regulation, no supervision, and no discipline in the system.”
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