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Published 07/10/2009 by Philadelphia Inquirer


Pelosi blocks resolution to honor Jackson

WASHINGTON - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi shut the door yesterday to a resolution honoring Michael Jackson, saying debate on the symbolic measure could raise 'contrary views' about the pop star's life.

Lawmakers are free to use House speeches 'to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they...

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...House speeches "to express their sympathy or their praise any time that they wish" said Pelosi (D...
Pelosi blocks resolution to honor Jackson [Philadelphia Inquirer - 07/10/2009]
...Calif.). "I don't think it's necessary for us to have a resolution." A resolution sponsored...
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...the entertainer. "A resolution, I think, would open upup to contrary views to - that are not necessary at this time to be expressed in association with a resolution whose purpose is quite different" Pelosi said at a Capitol...
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