"THE POWER OF THE SPEAKER IS AWESOME," SAYS NANCY PELOSI, WHO AIMS TO BRING IT TO BEAR ON GUN CONTROL, DREAMERS AND INFRASTRUCTURE LEGISLATION, ON "60 MINUTES" THIS SUNDAY

Tells Lesley Stahl There Is Common Ground Between Parties on These Issues

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) promises to use the "awesome power" of her title to push bills that she says have bipartisan support. Pelosi tells Lesley Stahl that gun control, Dreamers, and infrastructure are issues both parties want to pass legislation on, offering a common ground she can use to move bills forward. Stahl profiles the speaker 100 days into her third term on the next edition of 60 MINUTES, Sunday, April 14 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

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LESLEY STAHL: One of the complaints we've heard is that you don't reach across the aisle. It seems like right now nothing is getting done. You pass things - whatever it is, dies in the Senate.

SPEAKER NANCY PELOSI: Nothing died. Nothing's died. We already put together 100 days. The fact that we even passed them in the House is a victory, let's figure out the places - figure out where we can find common ground. There's always been bipartisan support for Dreamers, bipartisan support for gun safety, bipartisan support for infrastructure.

STAHL: But why doesn't anything get done -

PELOSI: We just started.

STAHL: - with the Dreamers?

PELOSI: We just started. We're three months since we were in - in office.

STAHL: But you're talking about 100 days. This President's been in office for two years plus.

PELOSI: And we've been here three months. Hey, may I introduce you to the idea of the spout - the power of the speaker is to set the agenda. We didn't have a speaker who would bring a gun bill to the floor. We didn't have a speaker who would bring a Dreamers issue to the floor. We do now. And that's a very big difference. The power of the speaker is awesome. Awesome.

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