From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarrow. This is Daily.

Today, last week, Democratic House leader Nancy Pelosi took the floor for eight hours

to protest against a spending bill that she now says she wanted her Democratic colleagues to vote for.

What that tells us about the state of the Democratic Party.

It's Tuesday, February 13th.

I yield one minute to leader Pelosi.

Last Wednesday, Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic leader of the House, walks onto the House floor.

General, he's recognized for one minute.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the General Lady for yielding and congratulate her on the return of the presidential election.

And she's going to take advantage of a procedural rule they have called the Magic Minute.

Cheryl Gastelberg covers Congress for the Times.

Under the Magic Minute, there are only three people in the House, the Speaker, the Republican leader, and the Democratic leader, who can speak for as long as they want.

And Nancy Pelosi is now taking advantage of this rule.

And she's up at the lectern and she starts talking about the dreamers.

Mr. Speaker, this debate is another waste of time.

Every day, courageous patriotic dreamers lose their status every day the American dream slips further out of reach.

Members of Congress are trustees of the people and of our nation.

Why are we here if not to protect the patriotic young people who are determined to contribute and to strengthen America?

So I'm going to go on as long as my leadership minute allows.

But she doesn't just talk about that, she's reading letters from them.

I'm going to talk about Lewis Galvin. Lewis, Lewis Galvin.

Lewis came to the United States when he was five years old and grew up in poverty.

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