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Tue Feb 26, 2013, 11:30 AM Feb 2013

Pelosi To Boehner: Bills You Passed Last Congress Don’t Count [View all]

Pelosi To Boehner: Bills You Passed Last Congress Don’t Count

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) told reporters Tuesday that "sequestration equals employment" and labeled the House GOP leadership "irresponsible" for "avoidance behavior" on addressing the sequester.

She addressed Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) contention Tuesday that the Senate get up off their "ass" and act because House Republicans voted twice to avoid the sequester last year.

"The Republican leadership says we passed bills last year," Pelosi said. "I remind them, that was a different Congress. That doesn't count in this Congress. The Republican leadership says let the Senate begin. I remind them that the Constitution says that appropriations and revenue bills must begin in the House."

"I don't think they're even kicking the can down the road," she said. "I think they're nudging the potato across the table with their nose."

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/pelosi-to-boehner-bills-you-passed-last-congress

Boehner Tells Senators To ‘Get Off Their Ass’ And Do Something About Sequester
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/boehner-tells-senate-to-get-off-their-ass




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