The discussion was about Pelosi. Not whether Congress can go on trips, even though they are running for President, as in the case of Hillary and McCain.
You think Congress was controlled by the Republickins in 2008? What planet were you on when the Demoncrats took control in the 2006 election cycle?
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The 2006 United States midterm elections were held on Tuesday, November 7, 2006. All United States House of Representatives seats and one third of the United States Senate seats were contested in this election, as well as 36 state governorships, many state legislatures, four territorial legislatures and many state and local races. The election resulted in a sweeping victory for the Democratic Party which captured the House of Representatives, the Senate, and a majority of governorships and state legislatures from the Republican Party. Turnout was very high in the election. In some states it was reported it neared presidential levels or turnout normally expected in a presidential election.
The victory of the Democratic Party in the 2006 Congressional elections was a major historic milestone for an additional reason: it saw the election of the first woman to serve as the Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi, the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, became the highest-ranking woman in the history of the government of the United States upon her election as Speaker in January 2007. In the United States, the Speaker is not only the presiding officer and leader of the majority party, the Speaker also directly follows the Vice President of the United States in the line of succession to the presidency. It was also the first election in U.S. history in which the losses for one side were so lopsided that the victorious party did not lose a single incumbent or open seat in Congress or governor's mansion.
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