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Thursday, July 28, 2005
Pelosi: Formal Sanctions Against CAFTA Gang of 15?
Now this I'd like to see:
From Roll Call:
Pelosi Calls Steering Meeting to Review Defectors' Votes for CAFTA
July 28, 2005, By Erin P. Billings, Roll Call StaffHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), angry that some of her own betrayed the party on a key trade vote, called a last-minute, Members-only meeting tonight to review the early-morning balloting and the reasoning behind defectors' votes.
Pelosi called for the special session of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee at a private whip meeting this morning, during which she said she "had a sleepless night" over the Central American Free Trade Agreement vote that narrowly passed early in the morning. Sources in the room said Pelosi was furious at the outcome and the votes of some of the 15 Democrats -- notably some in safe districts -- who joined the Republicans to pass the bill.
"I've never seen her like that," described one Democratic aide ...
More at Daily Kos.
July 28, 2005 at 04:31 PM in Democratic Party | Permalink