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Pelosi: Boehner invitation to Netanyahu was ‘hubris’ – The Washington Post.

( Pelosi: “Phasers on WEASEL ! ” – JW )

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday said Speaker John A. Boehner’s decision to invite the prime minister of Israel to address Congress without consulting President Obama was “out of the ordinary” and said she was concerned about the timing of the visit, which will take place just before elections in Israel.

“It’s hubris to say ‘I rule, I’ll decide,’ without any sensitivity” to the upcoming Israeli elections, said Pelosi.

Boehner (R-Ohio) announced Wednesday that he had invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak before a joint meeting of Congress without informing the White House first. It was seen as a rebuke of the president’s policy on Iran, a day after Obama delivered his State of the Union speech, which Pelosi called “a blueprint for success.”

While Republican leaders and Netanyahu want to impose tougher sanctions on Iran, the Obama administration warns that doing so could damage negotiations over the country’s nuclear program.

“We cannot have it fail because Congress wants to flex its muscle unnecessarily,” said Pelosi.

Netanyahu will address Congress on March 3.

Pelosi also criticized Republicans over plans to vote on a bill barring federal funds for abortions Thursday. She said she “didn’t know what to make” of the GOP revolt that scuttled another measure to ban abortions after the 20th week of a pregnancy, but argued that the bill that is headed for a vote is more troubling.

“I don’t know if that was about politics, but in terms of policy, what they are bring to the floor now is worse,” she said.

Pelosi said she was confident Democrats would sustain a presidential veto if that bill passes Congress.

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