Published 1/8/2009
by CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney
at CNN Political Ticker
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday House committees will begin action on the economic recovery package in the next couple of weeks, with a vote in the full House slated for the week after the inauguration. But if that schedule slips, Pelosi pledged to cancel the House's planned weeklong break in mid-February [...]
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