Pelosi faces pressure to act on Saudi Arabia

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is under pressure to quickly challenge President Trump on Saudi Arabia once she is elected Speaker and Democrats take back the House majority in January.

Members of her caucus are already planning hearings on the Saudi-led war in Yemen and are pressing for an early vote in January on legislation to withdraw U.S. support for the war.

The Senate approved a similar measure Thursday, but it will not be taken up by the GOP-held House.

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) says he’ll reintroduce his Yemen resolution next year, which his office promises “will be a top priority for the congressman in the first week of January.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/house/421490-pelosi-faces-pressure-to-act-on-saudi-arabia?userid=229233

God knows the Repukes who currently run the House aren't going to do shit about it.

[WhiteTara]

1. That headline makes her sound like she

is recalcitrant. I know it's not your headline, but it annoyed me enough to comment. Thanks for posting that the Democrats are on this immediately.

[WeekiWater]

2. House Democrats Poised To Take Up Saudi/Yemen Issue Come January.

Would be a better headline.

[Volaris]

3. And see, this is the way through...

Anything that the GOP Senate thinks they actually want to look into, they can pass off on the House as the initiating force, and there going along in the spirit of bi-partisian-ship even if they don't actually agree.

It's the one and only out they will have in saving their own asses over the next 2 years. What the anti-pelosi types don't understand I think, (or maybe they damnwell DO) is how well Nancy will use that power as Speaker...not too much, not too little, and not too fast).

And if history tells us anything, it's that the SENATE is a lot more self-controlled and cautious as an Institutional body than is the House, Yertle the Turtle-King notwithstanding.

Good Speakers know how to count votes out of BOTH Chambers, and if they don't they end up like Boehner.