Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20110415:00:03:00
Washington, d.c. and the only way that bill can pass is with democratic votes. so the democrats deliver twice as many votes as the republican speaker needed, and the big passes 260 to 167. just before the vote, speaker boehner went to the floor to plead his case, not to those democrats who were ready to cast this compromise vote, but to the 59 republicans who were about to vote no. >> is it perfect? no. i'd be the first one to admit that it's flawed. well, welcome to divided government. i can tell you the negotiations that went on over the last four or five weeks. they weren't easy. especially...
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