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Nancy Pelosi hits the six hour mark... (Original Post) brooklynite Feb 2018 OP
Go Nancy! malaise Feb 2018 #1
how is it that they're letting her speak this long anyway? unblock Feb 2018 #2
House rule allows OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #5
I think she plans 40 hours OhNo-Really Feb 2018 #3
strom thurmond holds the record, 24 hours 18 minutes. unblock Feb 2018 #4
Is she still going? N/t underpants Feb 2018 #6
Just checked, and Rep. Pelosi is 77, going on 78. Hortensis Feb 2018 #7
This is a record Gothmog Feb 2018 #8
She is a wonderful leader! mcar Feb 2018 #9
Nancy Pelosi is told that she broke the record Gothmog Feb 2018 #10
Don't care how long she speaks, listen to what she is saying..n/t monmouth4 Feb 2018 #11

unblock

(52,318 posts)
2. how is it that they're letting her speak this long anyway?
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:22 PM
Feb 2018

did ryan and/or the republican rules committee agree to this? or perhaps all the democrats yielded their time to her?

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
5. House rule allows
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:33 PM
Feb 2018

Pelosi, D-Calif., began speaking shortly after 10 a.m., using her right as minority leader to speak for how long as she wants.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/07/politics/nancy-pelosi-house-democrats-spending-deal-congress-shutdown/index.html

I think Maxine and Nancy cooked up this scheme


We should all run cspan on one of our devices to show support

Here is cspan live stream

https://www.c-span.org/video/?440688-1/minority-leader-pelosi-holds-house-floor-demanding-vote-immigration-bill&live

Support Dreamers.

TUNE IN

OhNo-Really

(3,985 posts)
3. I think she plans 40 hours
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:22 PM
Feb 2018

Is that humanly possible

She.mentioned the religious significance of the number 40

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
7. Just checked, and Rep. Pelosi is 77, going on 78.
Wed Feb 7, 2018, 05:43 PM
Feb 2018

Something for those who imagine that's at least a decade past when women should apparently disappear from the workplace. If 60s means "old women," as a DUer referred to them a couple days ago, what do we call this? Probably the new record for the longest floor speech ever.

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