House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) Wednesday said she's open to keeping the House in session through the August recess to...
"I think 70 percent of the American people would want that," Pelosi said. "I want a bill."
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But Pelosi also said she believes she has the votes to pass the bill on the floor of the House. Still, she indicated it will be important for members to look at the Senate Finance Committee’s version, which is not yet finished. That suggests she may change the House version to more closely resemble the Senate bill.
True politics but it is good to see that the Speaker sees the importance of the issue. I'd like to dare the Senate to go this far; but the old men of the Senate are to stuck in their ways to dare consider truly working.