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| A bipartisan outbreak of common sense |
| 2009-07-09 |
| The Hill A Congressional resolution honoring Michael Jackson isn't necessary, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said today. Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-Tex.) introduced the legislation, H. Res. 600, shortly after Jackson's death. Jackson-Lee held up a copy of that resolution while speaking at Jackson's memorial service in Los Angeles on Tuesday. "What I have said to my colleagues over the years, and certainly as leader and as speaker, is that there's an opportunity on the floor of the House to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish," Pelosi said at her press conference today. "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution."... Jackson's death has become a political football of sorts on Congress. In addition to Jackson-Lee's resolution, the Congressional Black Caucus held a moment of silence for the late King of Pop. On the other hand, Rep. Pete King (R-N.Y.) blasted Jackson as a "pervert" and a "low-life," and Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) said he was "nauseated" by the attention Jackson's death was receiving in Congress. |
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