Passing their 1. 1 trillion Budget Proposal for next year which would cut domestic spending while increasing spending for the pentagon the house budget would allow congress to repeal the Affordable Care act and rewrite the u. S. Tax code under reconciliation rules which would prevent a filibuster in the senate. The house passed a bill by the vote of 219206. Before that vote, House Minority leader nancy pelosi held her Weekly Briefing with reporters. She talked about gun violence, Disaster Assistance for recent hurricanes and immigration policy. This is 20 minutes. Ms. Pelosi good morning. Yesterday morning we all proudly stood on the steps of the capitol with gabbie giffords, our former colleague and national heroine, an inspiration to us all work john lewis, the spiritual leader of the congress especially on this issue related to protecting the American People. Mike thompson, who is chair of our task force on gun violence revention. All of us praised the First Responders in nevada, al
This is 20 minutes. S. Pelosi good morning. Yesterday morning we all proudly stood on the steps of the capitol with gabbie giffords, our former colleague and national heroine, an inspiration to us all work john lewis, the spiritual leader of the congress especially on this issue related to protecting the American People. Mike thompson, who is chair of our task force on gun violence revention. All of us praised the First Responders in nevada, all of the speakers did and all the rest of s join them as well. What a terrible, terrible tragedy to befall our country, that community, those individuals especially. I had the privilege of getting a question by a grieving husband and daughter on cnn, the husband and daughter of a person who died in las vegas. They asked the question, there was sandy hook, there was florida, san bernardino, bob said, how many more lives have to be taken before something is done . He said he was a gun owner. He and his wife owned guns for protection, he was asking
Of the articles I read yesterday and today about the events of January 6, 2021, I found two that are most closely aligned with my views. The first is a Wall Street Journal editorial called Democracy isn t dying. Among the points it makes are these: On all the available evidence Jan. 6 was not an “insurrection,” in any meaningful sense of that word. It was not an attempted coup. The