TODAY WE CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF OUR COUNTRY”...

Sen. Charles Schumer: People Across The Country Want Us To Go To Work For Them Again And That's Just What We're Going To Do…..Rep. John Murtha: I Will Be Recommending Extensive Hearings On Iraq…..Rep. Jan Schakowsky: We Will Pass The Minimum Wage Increase In The House Within The First Hundred Hours Of the 110th Congress….. Sen. Tom Harkin: One Of First Ten Bills Introduced By Congress Is Legislation That Will Lift Bush’s Restrictions On Stem Cell Research…..

AP ANDREW TAYLOR January 4, 2007 12:46 PM

The 110th Congress convened Thursday with Democrats in control of both the House and Senate for the first time in a dozen years. "Today we make history. Today we change the direction of our country," exulted Rep. Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), poised to become the first woman speaker in history.
With her grandchildren joining her for the historic moment, Pelosi beamed as her name was placed in nomination and the party-line roll call commenced.

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