Pelosi vows to teach Trump-less McConnell a lesson, despite shrunken House majority
by Susan Ferrechio, Chief Congressional Correspondent |
| November 14, 2020 06:30 AM
Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted the slimmed-down House Democratic majority will nonetheless gain power with Joe Biden in the White House.
But so far, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell isn’t budging on his refusal to consider Pelosi’s massive coronavirus aid bill, even with Biden’s presidency looming.
“Whether you're in the minority or majority, if the president is of your party, you have more power," Pelosi said Friday at a post-election press conference.
Pelosi said “Mitch McConnell is going to find out … not having Donald Trump in the White House is going to change his leverage, and that dynamic.â€
Republicans predict the opposite result.
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