Nancy Pelosi

"As you know by now, the House will postpone the vote on the BIF (Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework)," Pelosi said on Thursday night in a letter to House Democrats. "The good news is that most Members who were not prepared for a yes vote today have expressed their commitment to support the BIF," she said.

"In terms of where we are, I have said already we have 90 percent of the bill agreed to and written. We just have some of the last decisions to be made," Xinhua news agency quoted Pelosi as saying on CNN on Sunday night. When asked if Democrats will have a deal by the time Biden leaves for Europe at the end of the week, Pelosi said that "I think we're pretty much there now".

Extending greetings to Tibet's exiled Dalai Lama on his 86th birthday, whom Beijing regards as a dangerous "splittist", or separatist, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said calling the exiled spiritual leader's birthday an opportunity to celebrate "the message of hope and spiritual guidance that he has shared with the world".

"We are very honoured and proud she has agreed to serve on the committee, those who are responsible for the attack need to be held accountable and this select committee will fulfil that responsibility in a professional, expeditious, and non-partisan manner," said Cheney at a news conference on Thursday.

On Thursday, the House Speaker detailed her conversation with Cook but maintained her stance that American privacy and data are at the ends of giant technology companies. "If you have substantive concerns -- and they have members who have voted with them on this -- they can put forth what they want to put forth," said House Speaker Pelosi.

"Congratulations on your election as Sikyong (President) of Central Tibetan Administration. The Tibetan people will be well-served by the experience that you bring to this post after a long and distinguished career in public service," Pelosi wrote in a letter to Tsering.

Senate Democratic Party Leader Chuck Schumer announced the schedule on Friday night after he reached a deal with the Republicans, who wanted a two-week delay in starting the trial to give Trump to prepare his defence.

She wrote to her Democratic Party Congressional colleagues on Sunday that the House of Representatives will take up a resolution demanding that Pence invoke the Constitution's 25th Amendment that allows him and a majority of the cabinet to remove Trump by declaring him "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office".