This morning at Netroots Nation 2010 in Las Vegas, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sold the audience on her belief in the need for a national manufacturing strategy.   The Washington Post reported on Pelosi's speech shortly after: 

Pelosi spoke about "Making It in America," the Democrats' manufacturing agenda that she said would roll out in coming weeks to help restore and create industrial jobs. "Jobs, jobs, jobs is very important, but we have to get it done," Pelosi said. "People have to see the difference between what the Republicans want to do about this -- nothing -- and what we are advocating." Pelosi, who appeared a few hours before Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) was scheduled to be onstage, took several pointed jabs at the Senate for watering down, and in some cases holding up indefinitely, progressive legislation such as an energy bill. "This is not an issue that the Senate can walk away from," she said of energy. "We're going to either lead in that or we're going to be left behind. We must act upon this. . . . Time is running out."

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