News Brief: November 9, 2007

Here's what's happening on November 9, 2007

By Sasha Roe (Contact)

Friday, November 9th, 2007


The Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics announced Thursday that a visit from U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca) has been postponed indefinitely. Pelosi was originally scheduled to speak at 11:30 a.m. today.

The Dole Institute said Pelosi was called to session for the U.S. House of Representatives. According to the New York Times, President Bush’s emergency war spending request is being reviewed by Congress today, and Pelosi is proposing tying in troop reduction requirements and only giving $50 billion of Bush’s $196 billion request.

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