New Democrat Coalition to Pelosi: We respectfully request you get your rear in gear and reopen Congr

[rangerrebew]

New Democrat Coalition to Pelosi: We respectfully request you get your rear in gear and reopen Congress

Ed MorrisseyPosted at 6:01 pm on April 27, 2020

Respectfully? Pretty much, yes, but the subtext of this request from the New Democrat Coalition leadership to Nancy Pelosi clearly questions the wisdom of her strategy, if not her leadership. With the COVID-19 crisis stretching out more than a month without any significant oversight in Congress, Pelosi appears to be facing a backbench revolt as House Democrats begin to wonder why Pelosi keeps them sidelined.

Politico noted the frustration this morning, as well as the Washington Post, which reported on it first.  “We’re basically ill-prepared,” one House Democrat lamented, but so was everyone else. Other essential businesses figured out a way to continue operations, and Congress should have been no exception:

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/04/27/new-democrat-coalition-pelosi-respectfully-request-get-rear-gear-reopen-congress/

[PeteS in CA]

Dumb question ... how many times has the House met in April ... you know, actions showing they are taking the fight against this coronavirus seriously?

[Right_in_Virginia]

Hoyer Changes Mind, House Not Returning Next Week
Townhall, Apr 28, 2020

http://www.gopbriefingroom.com/index.php/topic,400003.0.html

[catfish1957]

I wish congress would meet zero days a year. 

We'd all be better off.