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>> much more to come. i have a special spring in my step today because this opportunity is a special one to lead the house democrats, bring everyone together as we go forward. >> say what you want about nancy pelosi, one thing she knows how to do better than anyone on this planet, perhaps better than anyone in the history of congress at least, one thing she's really good at is counting votes. ahead of today's vote in the house democratic conference she'd been saying he had the support of two-thirds of the democratic caucus, two-thirds, that's 67.7%. that's what she said she'd get. she got 68...

So there are lots of things happening in the economy that does not bode well for a long extended strike because there is still slack in the recovering job market. if you look at the labor participation rate it is quite low. when i was secretary of labor the average labor participation rate was about 67.7%. now it is 62.8%. in a workforce of 150 million people that percentage point means a lot of people who have left the workforce because they have become discouraged and are no longer looking for work. that is why the unemployment rate is dropping. >> i think you make a great point because we s...