Article snippet: Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi set a record on the House floor Wednesday - speaking from morning until early evening on immigration and reading letters from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients for more than eight hours - in the longest continuous speech in the House since at least 1909. Pelosi, who is 77, began speaking at 10:04 a.m. Wednesday to address the emerging bipartisan federal spending deal in Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy is in jeopardy after March 5. She yielded the floor at 6:11 p.m., precisely eight hours and seven minutes after she began. Pelosi announced she and a “large number” of House Democrats will oppose any deal unless Speaker Paul Ryan commits to a future open immigration debate, complaining House Democrats are second-class members of Congress without a commitment from Ryan. After speaking for more than five hours, Pelosi was handed a note, saying it read "a vote will occur soon after I yield back." "I have no intention of yielding back, Mr. Speaker," Pelosi said, referring to the presiding officer - apparently not House Speaker Paul Ryan - and then put down the note to continue reading. Throughout the speech Pelosi took sips of water and an aide told ABC News she had nothing to eat. An aide also said she was wearing four-inch stilettos during the entire day-long speech. She did not stop speaking to use the bathroom or take any other breaks. House Democrats cycled in and out to sit behind her in th... Link to the full article to read more