snip .. “It is clear from this recess on the floor that the Republicans don’t have enough votes to pass the CRomnibus,” Pelosi wrote in an afternoon letter to her fellow Democrats.
“This increases our leverage to get two offensive provisions of the bill removed: the bank bailout and big money for campaigns provision,” she wrote.
She then urged her fellow Democrats to oppose the Boehner bill until he drops the two measures, both of which are also opposed by some Republicans.
“However you decide to vote in the end, I thank those who continue to give us leverage to improve the bill,” she wrote.
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