TPM: Speaker Pelosi Implores Dems On Tax Cuts: 'Who Do You Stand With?'

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Pelosi Implores Dems On Tax Cuts: 'Who Do You Stand With?'

Christina Bellantoni
September 14, 2010, 10:50PM


Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)

Speaker Nancy Pelosi tonight implored House Democrats in a private meeting to consider a pre-election vote on extending the Bush-era tax cuts for the middle class while letting those for the rich expire, framing the debate in partisan terms.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee told TPM after the caucus that Pelosi ended the meeting with a "resounding" and impassioned speech that fired up the Democrats and might even have brought more on board for a vote.

"She made it clear it's a black and white issue of who do you stand with," Lee told TPM. "It's the middle class and they need to know we are pushing for them. We have to say it over and over again. They've gotta see it, smell it, sense it, taste it."

Lee (D-TX) said that Democrats should be as consistent as President Obama has been, and attempt to define the Republicans as favoring the rich.

As we highlighted earlier, Democratic leaders were in temperature-taking mode tonight. They laid out several options for voting now, but tried to listen to members to get the discussion started since everyone had only been back in town for five hours.

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[still_one]

1. There is no question that there have been some Democrats in the Senate that have not only hurt the

Democrats in the House, but the Democratic party as a whole

[tishaLA]

2. the senate has held up SO many good bills passed by the House

and it's not just because of republicons. Too many of the Dems are willing accomplices to republicon obstructionism.

[still_one]

3. HCR was one of those. The house bill was so much better than what the Senate did /nt

[Beaverhausen]

4. correct. and Pelosi has not been given the credit she deserves for getting those passed

[kjackson227]

5. +1

[old mark]

6. She is very good and underrated - the GOPers REALLY hate her, too...

:D


mark

[activa8tr]

7. If the GOP and the Tea Party all hate her, she's doing JUST GREAT!

Meanwhile John Boehner, (god, how I hate to spell that word)... is out playing golf and making no sense.

[old mark]

8. Which evidently is how he got where ie is today.....nt