Posted on 02/07/2018 6:09:20 PM PST by SMGFan
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, fired back at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Wednesday for her marathon eight-hour-plus filibuster on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on an immigration bill addressing the so-called "Dreamers."
"Mr. Speaker, we could not be more highly honored that the Minority Leader would take such an interest in HR 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act," Hensarling started to some laughs on the House floor. After speaking on the floor in the morning, Hensarling, who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, had to wait the entire duration of Pelosi's speech for the debate on the legislation to end.
"I am reminded that there are members who come to this great chamber to make speeches, and there are those who come to make laws," the Texas Republican continued. "When it comes to speeches, I would note that the Gettysburg Address came in at two minutes, and Americans may think it had greater eloquence."
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Pyscho Pelosi trying to ensure she doesn’t get booed again, next time she’s in front of Mexicans.
I was wondering if Nancy could stand.
Spoke for 8 hours and said Nothing
There is a very generous deal on the table. One I am 100% against but willing to swallow in the interests of compromise.
It’s the best deal the dems are going to get. And instead of putting this thing together, they do the not stop demagogue thing. It’s the only thing they’re good at. And since demagoguery is good for nothing, it follows that so are dems.
Zing!!!!!! Bullseye LMAO!!!!
Is there a female version of Stadium Pal?
Depends.
pelosi persisted epic fail.
Agreed.
I don't like giving amnesty to another 1.5M people that came into this country illegally (whether or not their criminal parents brought them in, or they knowingly broke the law themselves), however I understand that a 'deal' requires swallowing some parts that I don't necessarily like.
The primary focus needs to protect the Country and to protect our borders. Trump has the priorities correct. The fact that the Dems balk at his gracious proposal just shows that the Dems don't give two bits about the so-called 'Dreamers'. Nancy and crew just want to use the 'Dreamers' as cannon fodder.
Her constituent base...
This is why Turtle should dump/nuke the fake filibuster rule in the Senate and force people to filibuster for real instead of submitting a slip. Thanks to Pelosi, we can point out that the Dems are physically able to do such things - so why not require it instead of this stupid kabuki ‘filibuster’?
“Spoke for 8 hours and said Nothing”
Correction-She has been speaking for YEARS and has said NOTHING!
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, fired back at House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., Wednesday for her marathon eight-hour-plus filibuster on the floor of the House of Representatives to demand a vote on an immigration bill... "Mr. Speaker, we could not be more highly honored that the Minority Leader would take such an interest in HR 1153, the Mortgage Choice Act," Hensarling started to some laughs on the House floor. After speaking on the floor in the morning, Hensarling, who is chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, had to wait the entire duration of Pelosi's speech for the debate on the legislation to end. "I am reminded that there are members who come to this great chamber to make speeches, and there are those who come to make laws," the Texas Republican continued. "When it comes to speeches, I would note that the Gettysburg Address came in at two minutes, and Americans may think it had greater eloquence."
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