PELOSI: “I have no intention of losing" DADT

[kpete]

((Pelosi)) went through the chronology of the calendar and the fact that taking a vote on ENDA and DADT in the same week is literally impossible from a scheduling standpoint. Pelosi also said she thought ENDA would have a much better likelihood of passing if DADT repeal were successfully ushered through first...

Pelosi said she did not intend to leave this Congress without putting ENDA to a vote in the House. "It's not one or the other," the source recalled Pelosi saying in reference to ENDA and DADT.

“I have no intention of losing on either of these,” Pelosi said, according to one person on the call who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

more:
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/18/Pelosi_Talks_DADT_ENDA/

[pinboy3niner]

1. K&R

:kick:

[Cant trust em]

2. I'll be surprised if any action is taken on these before the mid-terms.

I hope they prove me wrong though.

[Robb]

3. Hope so.

But leadership isn't measured by how tough you talk on a phone call with LGBT supporters.

K&R anyway.

[zipplewrath]

4. Didn't she say something similar about the public option?

Truth is, the House is probably much less than half the hurdle. We've seen this before. All indications are that the trouble is at the other end of Penn Ave.

[Cant trust em]

5. I would say that the problem is in the other half of congress. nt

[zipplewrath]

6. Except they are ready and willing

But being told by Obama to hold off.

[Cant trust em]

7. Have you seen a relevant article from the senate side?

If you could send it to me, that would be awesome.

Thanks.

[zipplewrath]

8. Best I could find

http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/06/DADT_Repeal_In_Jeopardy/

I do wish I could find a good "news" search engine. I have a hard time finding old articles more than a week after I read them.

[Cant trust em]

10. Optimum quote from this article is...

"as the midterm elections loom, some members worry that every new vote is a potential liability that could be turned against them."

I go back to my previous post in this thread.

[zipplewrath]

13. Which is the conundrum

The House doesn't wanna vote if the Senate is just gonna sit on their hands. And the Senate won't move if the WH doesn't support it. Follow the trail

[Cant trust em]

14. I'm not arguing with you.

For better or worse the administration laid out its priorities for this term and they were health care, financial regulation and climate change. Throw in the confirmation of two supreme court judges in there too.

There's a belief out there that congress can only take on so many things at once.

Again, this is not my personal feeling of what we should be prioritizing. But it is what it is.

[zipplewrath]

15. Problem is, the SOTU address

He said "this year" although he used some loophole phrase like "begin" or something.

[laughingliberal]

11. Yep. nt

[harun]

12. Yep, House isn't the problem. They did their job well. We have Senate problems.

[zipplewrath]

16. Well, except ultimately

The Housed caved on the public option. They caved something like 3 times as well. So her promises have to be taken for what they really are, "best effort".

[harun]

17. Bullshit they did. They passed a good Public Option, nothing was

stopping the Senate from simply approving the House Bill as-is and making it law.

Sure when the Senate version was getting kicked back and forth they had opportunities but they knew they still had to get the Senates re-approval if they added it. Which wasn't going to happen. Problem is the Senate, House did good.

[zipplewrath]

18. Actually, there were a couple of opportunities in the end game

There was even a hint that there was support over in the Senate for a stand alone bill of some sort. But no one moved on it.

[Warren DeMontague]

9. Good for Nancy.

I'm sure the chorus of people here who piss and moan about her no matter what she does still won't be happy, but, kudos.