It’s tough to get 218 votes, so Speaker gets tough, tooSteny is almost certainly right, for once. The pwoggies will fall into line. It's funny how asymmetrically organizational discipline works in the Democratic Party: aisle-crossers to the right like Lieberman never seem to be punished, but Lee and Waters, it appears, will get the hammer if they stray from the party line -- which is, of course, more war and more wars, in saecula saeculorum.Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is holding the implied threat of lost committee seats over the heads of Democratic Caucus members who may vote against her $124 billion Iraq war supplemental bill.... The Speaker pointedly reminded Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.), a leading opponent of the bill, that she had appointed her to the Appropriations Committee, three Democratic lawmakers said.
During a meeting last week with appropriators, Pelosi reminded them that serving on the panel was a privilege, admonishing lawmakers from safe districts who feel they have the luxury to vote how they want without consequences — as opposed to Democrats elected in swing districts who do not....
Pelosi also has met with members of the Progressive Caucus several times in the past two weeks. A lawmaker said the tension between Pelosi and Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), a chief deputy whip and a founder of the Out of Iraq Caucus, was noticeable. The two Californians sat at opposite ends of a long table in Pelosi’s office as Waters, her arms crossed, listened to Pelosi make her case for the bill.....
“Do I have 218 people that I know are definite ‘yeses’ right this minute? The answer to that is no. … Do I think we will have 218 votes on this bill when we call it up for a vote? The answer to that is yes,” Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) told reporters yesterday. “[Do] I think we will need to delay it? I hope the answer to that is no and believe it is no.”
Comments (3)
there's no place to go ....lefter
notice the repug pros never rooster their left
the base does
vive la sameness
you can go right or left only so far if there are only two tents set up side by side
ortriana duplex
Posted by owen p | March 22, 2007 11:52 AM
Posted on March 22, 2007 11:52
la task nan ??
control her no's
so they equal
no more then 217
when she adds in
the net repug no's
ie
she'll let as many off as she can
dear lady
problem she has to bash the no leaders
because
"they are examples in the making"
since
there are a few repug yes votes
and she don't need all her party to yes
with her on this ...
oh the counting will get "tip -ian"
if the folks play fence well enough
i'd say she and the sten gun
need about 227 firm dembo yeses
to be sure they get 218 come votin' time
btw
if la nan were to asked me
if she nedded my yes
she'd get my yes
of course after i'd need to commit ...
whats the word???
sepple koo ???
Posted by owen p | March 22, 2007 12:02 PM
Posted on March 22, 2007 12:02
Not sepple koo. Koo Stark, Owen.
Posted by Scruggs | March 23, 2007 2:04 AM
Posted on March 23, 2007 02:04