Pelosi then took to the House floor to hammer the decision, suggesting it went against the interests of Dreier's home-state constituents, and repeatedly refusing to yield time to him to respond.
"Will the gentlewoman yield?" Dreier asked.
"I think that you are going to have to get time from your own [Republican] chairman," Pelosi replied.
We shouldn't take anything, however small, lying down, and Dems asserting themselves through the process is a good thing. Tell Nancy you like it when she talks tough.