House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-California) does not want the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program or gun reform to be part of the comprehensive spending bill, which is set for a vote next week.
During her weekly press briefing, Pelosi said she wants the House to tackle both issues as stand-alone legislation.
According to her, “None of these bills has to be part of the omnibus. We can go to the floor and do gun violence prevention bill. Also, in terms of Dreamers, we could go to the floor and do the Hurd bill or as it’s suggested over and over again to the Speaker, bring anything to the floor.”
Pelosi explained that the Omnibus bill has other problems that they “could not live with.” She said, “We have a lot of work to do to iron these out.”
Last month, she led the opposition to the spending bill because Republican leaders refused to agree to hold a separate vote on a legislative solution to DACA.
On Monday, Pelosi blasted the House GOP leadership for “refusing to vote on a bipartisan DREAM Act.” She said Dreamers are “forced to live under cloud of fear and uncertainty because of the Republicans’ “cynical inaction and obstruction.”
