Wearing four-inch heels and foregoing any breaks,Pelosi spent the majority of her time reading letters from DreamersShortly after 10am on Wednesday morning, Nancy Pelosi, or the minority leader in the US House of Representatives,took the floor to deliver a routine “one-minute” speech. She concluded her remarks eight hours later, making it the longest speech on record in the chamber.
Pelosi’s lengthy intervention was a dramatic attempt to persuade Republicans to allow a vote on immigration legislation that would protect Dreamers, or young undocumented migrants brought to the US as children. VK Krishna Menon Related: What is Daca and who are the Dreamers? Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com