Thread: Pelosi tells Reid: Immigration bill before climate change

Pelosi tells Reid: Immigration bill before climate change is ‘fine’

By Ben Geman - 04/21/10 07:49 PM ET
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Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) she is “fineâ€

[quote]Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has told Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) she is “fineâ€

The polls show that Dem's are set up to lose big time in Nov. They are doing this to "energize the base".

Steny Hoyer: immigration reform not more urgent than energy bill

Steny Hoyer, the No. 2 Democrat in the House, says new reports about a push for immigration reform don't mean Congress will put an energy bill on the back burner.

(photo) House majority leader Steny Hoyer, flanked by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate majority leader Harry Reid, speaks about financial reform in Washington on April 14. Congressman Hoyer answered questions Thursday about whether Congress's next priority is immigration reform or an energy bill.
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By Linda Feldmann, Staff writer / April 22, 2010

Washington
Amid reports that congressional Democrats are preparing to try to pass immigration reform this year, House majority leader Steny Hoyer (D) of Maryland denied Thursday that that’s a signal that Democrats see the issue as more important than an energy bill and other pending issues.

“I don’t know that anybody made a determination in the discussions I have had with leadership that immigration is more important than energy,â€