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Article snippet: House Minority Leader MORE (D-Calif.) on Wednesday commandeered the House floor to deliver a marathon monologue designed to secure protections for young immigrants brought to the country illegally as children. In a record-breaking eight-hour, seven-minute speech featuring prayers, Bible passages and testimonials from “Dreamers,” Pelosi vowed to oppose a sweeping, two-year budget package — a deal she herself helped to negotiate — unless Speaker MORE is sunsetting in less than a month. The extraordinary speech was at once a remarkable display of endurance for the 77-year-old Pelosi and a media sensation generating endless buzz across Capitol Hill. It was also something else: a clear signal to Pelosi’s troops — some of them questioning her dedication to securing Dreamer protections — that she’s leading the fight on immigration head-first. “This is not an issue that’s going to go away,” Pelosi said. “This is an American value that is deeply felt across the board.” Pelosi was joined on the House floor by an ever-changing cast of Democratic lawmakers — many of them representing the minority caucuses that have led the fight over the fate of DACA — who gathered behind her to lend their support. It marked a show of confidence in the longtime Democratic leader that, at times, has been absent during the recent immigration debate. Indeed, Pelosi, along with Senate Minority Leader MORE (D-N.Y.), infuriated liberal Democrats last September — particularly the members of th... Link to the full article to read more