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The immediate wake of— from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these - from this defeat? in a word, yes. in the immediate wake of these two i the immediate wake of these two disastrous election defeats, we had the prime minister try and link the discontent of tory voters or voters in those seats to the cost of living crisis. this weekend, he has moved the narrative on slightly, almost suggesting it is his mps, possibly the media, at part to blame with what he called the endl...

Johnson dismissed the defeats as predictable mid-term blues, saying he

Following this weeks election defeats, democrats are feeling the pressure to produce results and move forward on the presidents sweeping agenda. but exactly when that will happen remains up in the air. but a source familiar with the matter tells nbc news that speaker pelosi told house democrats this morning that she was hopeful that votes on both the build back better and infrastructure bills would happen before the end of the week. in an effort to make sure they have the votes necessary when pe...

Filibuster? >> nowhere. theyre not going to blow up the filibuster. theres been no change in that. i know that democrats are frustrated but joe manchin and kyrsten sinema have made abundantly clear that theyre not interested in blowing up the filibuster. voting rights, until they have some sort of change in view, is not going anywhere. republicans have been uniformly against getting rid of the filibuster as have sinema. what people may not understand is that joe manchin is a supporter of the fil...

Any moment, the senate will vote and take another vote on voting rights legislation. this procedural vote, like the last, is expected to fail. this comes on a rough day for democrats following last nights election defeats. today, the tone on the hill is one of new urgency to act on the presidents agenda with one notable exception. senator joe manchin. >> im not going to speak on the message that was sent. i -- i just think the message that was really sent, if were going to do something, lets tak...

Addressing those issues that labour oppositions was up to overcome. people always assume the labour partys hearts people always assume the labour pa rty�*s hearts are people always assume the labour partys hearts are in the right place, the party attacking in ecology and addressing public service, but they need reassurance — can you trust us with the money, can you trust us with law and order, can you trust us with law and order, can you trust us with law and order, can you trust us with sec...

Detail of your win. _ that toxicity. lets get to the detail of your win. why - that toxicity. lets get to the detail of your win. why was | that toxicity. lets get to the i detail of your win. why was the margin so narrow in your win? just over 300 votes, it was very close. whyd you think the labour party lost so many votes in your constituency? it lost so many votes in your constituency?— lost so many votes in your constituen ? . , , . lost so many votes in your constituen ? , . . constituenc...

Common ground now that barack obama is no longer going to be a one-term president. but it is going to take another couple of election defeats i think, before you get some serious change. and well see what happens in this mid-term coming up. >> let me ask you about president obama, one criticism, he is not lbj, and not good at working with congress. if he was, we wouldnt see this. could president obama be better at working with the congress, and how much blame do you put on him? >> almost none, i...

Advectii insurrection to be house democratic leader. this in the aftermath of the election defeats. msnbcs political correspondent, kasie hunt joins me now. kasie, youve just been at a tim ryan news conference reacting to the fact that he had one third of the caucus behind him, but she had two-thirds. but it was stronger than anticipated challenge by the ohio congressman. >> reporter: it was, andrea. and i think it reflects the level of discontent that really is on display with democrats here in...