I never thought I would say this but I love Pelosi! So many of us in the progressive liberal world were despondent about the Senate's punting on the tax cut vote and the utter lack of leadership we see in that body.
Well... This just in (below the fold)
Pelosi says tax cut vote possible before election
WASHINGTON – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, under pressure to send Democrats home to campaign with the strongest possible closing argument, said Friday she is considering calling a vote on extending middle-class tax cuts next week.
Democrats, however, are divided on whether forcing a recorded vote on the issue before congressional elections in November would be politically helpful as they fight to maintain control of Congress.
"We will retain the right to proceed as we choose," Pelosi told reporters. "We'll take it one day at a time."
SNIP!
"There isn't a person in our caucus that isn't for tax cuts for the middle class," Pelosi said. "It's not about the election. It's about the policy and we're all very strong on that, and members, with a vote or without a vote, can go home and talk about their commitment to that."
House Republican Leader John Boehner has seized on the indecision, saying that not securing a tax cut extension before the election risks a tax hike in 2011.
"Congress should not go home without stopping the tax hike on American families and small businesses," Boehner said. "Doing so would wallop every taxpayer with a tax hike in a struggling economy — and that's simply irresponsible."
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The lack of leadership in the Senate made the Dems vulnerable as you can see by Boehner's remarks and Pelosi, unlike Reid, responded. She's a fighter!