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Astute Pelosi wields power with virus relief win
02 Mar 2021
Shawn Zeller,
Tribune News Service
When voters narrowed House Democrats’ 35-seat majority to just nine in last year’s election, Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s job got harder. Conventional wisdom had it that she’d have to tread carefully with Democrats’ famously restive caucus, with progressives on one side and the majority-makers from more conservative districts on the other. But as Saturday’s vote on a $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill demonstrated, Pelosi still has plenty of room to manoeuvre.
Only two Democrats voted against the bill. Despite united opposition from the Republicans, Pelosi secured a 219-212 win.
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