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Pelosi Calls for Emergency Session to Pass Relief Bill
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| News Date | Thursday, September 1, 2005 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Wednesday urged Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to bring Members back to Washington this week for a special session to appropriate relief to the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Pelosi asked Hastert to call Members back with just two business days remaining in the August recess. (Lawmakers are scheduled to return Tuesday after the Labor Day holiday.)
“Given the scope of this disaster, I believe that Congress should return to Washington immediately, and pass a bill this week to provide the assistance needed to restore the lives of families and communities devastated by the deadly hurricane,” Pelosi said.
Hastert spokesman Ron Bonjean said the Speaker has spoken with Pelosi and is committed to heeding the call for help. But Bonjean said calling Members back to town this week is not the best course of action. |
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