Posted on 04/17/2010 5:35:19 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Pelosi: Two 'pillars' down, one more to go in passing Obama 'blueprint' By Sean J. Miller - 04/17/10 06:51 PM ET
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) said the Democrats are one bill away from completing President Barack Obama’s “blueprint for American prosperity.”
“We have passed two of the three pillars in the historic healthcare and education reform and are working towards a clean energy and climate agenda in Congress,” Pelosi said in her remarks to the California Democratic Party state convention in Los Angeles on Saturday. “And essential to prosperity for middle-income Americans is reining in Wall Street.”
“The House has passed Wall Street reform, and working with our colleagues in the Senate, we will ensure that never again will those who are reckless on Wall Street make people jobless on Main Street,” she said.
During her speech, Pelosi singled out several members of the California delegation who were in attendance. “We must reelect and retain the extraordinary leadership of my colleagues in Congress who are here today,” she said.
After returning from the spring recess, House Dems moved into a light schedule with short weeks and relatively easy votes over the next seven weeks to smooth the way for campaign season.
And just hours before completing work for 2009, Pelosi summoned reporters to her office and declared that she was "in campaign mode."
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Maybe she means when they got their grubby hands on student loans thruogh the health care reform debacle.
Only...as if that were a small point...the guaranteed loans. Private loans are still available. But how'd ya like to end up three years into a degree and get stuck with repayment and no degree in the Obama economy?
We have passed two of the three pillars in the historic healthcare and education reform and are working towards a clean energy and climate agenda in Congress. And essential to prosperity for middle-income Americans is reining in Wall Street.Thanks Sub-Driver.
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