House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said there’s “real optimism” that Congress can reach an agreement on a coronavirus stimulus plan soon.
Republicans and Democrats in the Senate are getting closer to a deal on boosting the U.S. economy and health care system, which have been ravaged by the pandemic.
Pelosi cheered a development to add more oversight to a $500 billion pool of taxpayer aid, calling it a “big change.”
Pelosi, about as wily a political operative as there is, bided her time, resisting impatient young guns in her caucus who wanted to move much earlier, for two reasons: She knew that Trump, being Trump, would keep handing her more and more rope with which to hang him — and he didn't disappoint. The White House readout of Trump's call with the Ukrainian president released Wednesday sure backs that up. She also knew that public opinion wasn’t sufficient to warrant impeachment proceedings.
In an exclusive interview with NPR, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not changed her mind on pursuing impeachment but is ready to change the law to restrain presidential power and make it clear that a sitting president can, in fact, be indicted. (NPR)
I wonder what has Donald Trump done. A bad odor is coming from the White House.