Dems Plan to Admonish Wilson

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Updated Apr. 25, 2017 1:55PM EDT / Published Sep. 11, 2009 9:26AM EDT

An ultimatum on the Hill: House Democrats plan to vote early next week to formally admonish Republican Rep. Joe Wilson for yelling “You lie!” at President Obama unless he apologizes on the House floor, according to the Associated Press. A spokesman for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the decision was reached at a meeting Thursday. Wilson’s office says that the congressman considers his original apology, offered after the incident on Wednesday, sufficient.

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Dems Plan to Admonish Wilson