Nancy Pelosi has absolutely no business being the speaker of the House. This is a Democrat controlled congress, therefore it is their responsibility to get legislation passed. I can't believe that they would bring a Bill to the floor that they were not sure would pass. If they thought that it was going to be close, then why in the world would this women go out and make such a political finger pointing speech?
I believe that she either wanted the Bill to fail, or she's incompetent and has no business being the speaker of the house.
House Republicans Blame Pelosis Speech
Patrick Yoest reports from Washington on Congress.
House Republicans blamed the failure of the $700 billion Wall Street rescue plan Monday on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), saying that Pelosi had been too partisan in a floor speech prior to the vote. (See the speech here, via CSPAN.)
House Minority Leader John Boehner (R., Ohio) said that Pelosis speech poisoned the Republican caucus and caused a number of members we thought we could get to go south.
I do believe that we could have gotten there today, had it not been for the partisan speech that the Speaker gave on the floor of the House, Boehner said. We put everything we had into getting the vote to get there today. Boehner added, however, that lawmakers have no choice but to work together and would have to find a middle ground to bring enough votes to avert a crisis.
Minority Whip Roy Blunt (R., Mo.) said he had 12 Republicans who would have voted for the bill but changed their minds, while Rep. Eric Cantor (R., Va.) holding up a copy of what he said was Pelosis floor remarks - said the speaker frankly struck the tone of partisanship. A senior aide to Pelosi rejected the Republican claims against the speaker, saying the suggestion that her speech motivated House Republicans to vote against the bailout plan was absurd.
You dont vote on the speech, you vote on the bill, said the aide.
Frank, speaking at a press conference, mocked the suggestion. Give me those twelve peoples names and I will talk uncharacteristically nicely to them, Frank said.
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