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House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)  received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on âdreamers.â (U.S. Senate)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on âdreamers.â (U.S. Senate)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi commandeered the House floor Wednesday for a day-into-night marathon plea to Republicans for action on immigration  casting the fate of young undocumented immigrants in moral terms.
 The 77-year-old Pelosi  stood for more than eight hours  reading multiple personal stories from âdreamersâ and citing Bible passages.  Her  speech ranked as the longest given by a member of the House of Representatives in at least a century  possibly ever  focusing on an issue that has vexed Democrats for months.
âWeâve got to get onto an economic message thatâs going to resonate across the board â said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)  who challenged  Pelosi  for  her  leadership position in late 2016.
For the record  the House Office of the Historian confirmed that  Pelosi  had delivered the longest continuous speech in the chamberâs history  dating to at least 1909  when then-Rep. Champ Clark (D-Mo.) delivered five hours and 15 minutes of remarks against a proposed tariff overhaul.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.)  received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on âdreamers.â (U.S. Senate)
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) received a standing ovation from Democratic lawmakers on Feb. 7 after concluding an eight-hour speech on  [TGT] 
 commandeered the House floor Wednesday for a day-into-night marathon plea to Republicans for action on immigration  casting the fate of young undocumented immigrants in moral terms.
  [TGT] stood for more than eight hours  reading multiple personal stories from âdreamersâ and citing Bible passages.   [TGT]   speech ranked as the longest given by a member of the House of Representatives in at least a century  possibly ever  focusing on an issue that has vexed Democrats for months.
âWeâve got to get onto an economic message thatâs going to resonate across the board â said Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio)  who challenged  Pelosi  for   [TGT]   leadership position in late 2016.
For the record  the House Office of the Historian confirmed that   [TGT] had delivered the longest continuous speech in the chamberâs history  dating to at least 1909  when then-Rep. Champ Clark (D-Mo.) delivered five hours and 15 minutes of remarks against a proposed tariff overhaul.