Pelosi Predicts Little To No Democratic Support For Boehner Plan

By Vanessa Remmers

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told reporters Thursday that she expects few to no Democratic votes for the budget plan crafted by House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH).

Perplexed at the lack of compromise shown by Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, Pelosi noted that Democrats compromised with former President Bush on such an issue in the past.

In addition, Pelosi said that while the differences between Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-Nev) and Boehner plans are stark, many initiatives in the Reid plan, such as using the overseas account and steep cuts, have been supported by Republicans in the past.

“They have a similarity in that neither of them has revenue, but that is not possible to pass in the Senate. But that is where the similarity ends.  The idea of a short-term or a long-term is not about a calendar, it’s about a holding up the process by saying we’re going to do this all over again … it’s just an unending hardship for the American people,” Pelosi said.

During her press conference, Pelosi also said she was not surprised at Rep. David Wu’s (D-OR) decision to resign, declining to comment further by saying, “the issue is closed.”