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To fight against the ndaa when we had the leverage to block it as republicans because democrats couldnt pass it. a bad ndaa bill without republican votes. on issue after issue and time after time, hes failed to support our efforts to fight against an oppressive democrat majority. >> laura: congressman, you caucus is pushing mccarthy to restore the motion to vacate, the house ruled ditched by the democrats and allows a single member to force a vote on the speakership at any given time. how big of...

I think democrats actually play this pretty smart. >> i would not underestimate the 2016 ptsd as the driving factor in the -- final few democrats have been around a little bit. i think they tend towards neurotic. but in the ptsd of 2016 really really exacerbated that. i guess, and your point about bringing down the party. this is the fundamental point. they have always, i think, thought that donald trump was more politically potent that he actually is. but the actual leverage he has is that he d...

Welcome back to day two of our coverage of this wild election , with so many races still undecided, with a lot of votes expected to come in in the course of this next hour. while we have been waiting to find out who ultimately will control congress and the u.s. senate, one of the things that has flown more under the radar is that democrats are having a phenomenally good election at the state level, and state legislators around the country. in pennsylvania, democrats think theyve done it there. t...

Contra candidates. but i think theres something in truth to that, because what were saying before, that the ultimate leverage that he has to bomb self up, and take some of your chunk of your base to win elections. if you also have that leverage, invent some leverage for yourself. >> a paradox for republicans right now is donald trump cannot win, but they cannot win without donald trump. that actually is the paradox for ron desantis as well. how do you impress trump and trumpism without having hi...

The speaker, it is important to have a strong speaker, it is important to have a speaker that can provide direction to a conference, but these guys dont care about that, and i imagine this is going to be a conversation well be having for months because their demands will probably keep piling on each other and piling on each other, and we will see if he has enough stuff to give away to secure, it bought they know he will do pretty much do anything to get that gavel. >> lets say he gets the speake...

Highly popular. i think she would and should. >> harris: what about kevin mccarthy, doug? >> he has caught the car he has been chasing for a while. he will work with the conservative members on a deal that will, i believe, make him speaker that gets him to 218 on the floor come january. it will come at a cost. the smaller the majority, the more that may have to be given. >> harris: what do you make of steve scalise saying he wouldnt challenge mccarthy and he will step aside because of all the co...

Find out who ultimately will control congress and the u.s. senate, one of the things that has flown more under the radar is that democrats are having a phenomenally good election at the state level, and state legislators around the country. in pennsylvania, democrats think theyve done it there. they think they have gained control of the house in pennsylvania for the first time in more than a decade. if that holds up, pennsylvania democrats will have much more leverage when it comes to enacting t...

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Yesterday. im not sure where this new batch came in from that now has given lauren boebert the lead. i will tell you this is interesting. i was not expecting this. i had checked this not long ago and frisch was head. now new votes actually reported. lauren boebert has taken the lead. >> yeah, and so, david, what do you see in this race because youve got lauren boebert facing a real challenge. weve also got marjorie taylor greene, that brand of republican seeming to be gaining more strength withi...

Majority, far narrower than what kevin mccarthy wanted. his team hoped going into election day they could get 20 or more seats that would give them some flexibility, some room to lose some vote, not just on legislating but also getting the votes in the full house in order to become speaker. remember, next week is the beginning of the possess. republicans will go behind closed doors and will nominate their choice to become speaker. he only needs a majority of support within his conference to do t...