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Important and every vote is important. so as a representative of my community, even being a freshman, we have a powerful voice when it comes to legislation and bills that are coming across the table and in front of congress. and i think that just goes to show that it doesn't matter if you are a freshman or a vet, as you said, a mature congressman who has done this many years, our voice and our vote counts. and i think you saw the power of that yesterday and throughout the week where we had five freshmen who were standing against mccarthy, but eventually came over. so what we're going to see is...

Behind closed doors and the first ballot in the speaker election, somebody who might be flipable here, and also matt rosendale potentially somebody who the leadership team will be leaning on but it is essentially all of the stops are pulled out now, for the next several hours, and focus on getting those two members back here, in their seats, and the remaining holdouts flipped at least halfway to present. >> brendan bucks, you have biggs on your bingo card for the most likely flipable member at this point. >> you get down to this and think about relationships and where can people go, gosar of a...

And i wanted the authority and actually several other freshmen have been fighting to return more authority to the individual members of congress. that's what the package is ab about. >> neil: do you know the status of some of those that were in your camp congressman elect? who do not appear to be blocked, we are down to 6 right now. it looks dicey and we will put up the names here. it does not seem as though they are budging. are you hearing otherwise? >> i'm not and i'm not going to speak for them. they've spoken for themselves during their last boot and i've got no further information. i bel...

0 good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. it's january 6th. the anniversary of an insurrection that almost destroyed our democracy. today the white house and the nation commemorate the civilian and law enforcement heroes and the victims of that terrible day, even as the house chamber is no longer a literal battleground, it is now torn apart by political combat. a divide among republican factions creating a new crisis of government. on this date in 2021, lawmakers were wearing gas masks and taking cover as thousands stormed hallways fuelled by former president trump's false claims that the...

Republicans who voted against him. during this meeting, just reiterated some of the promises he made and walked through some of the concessions in greater detail. really, it was an opportunity for face time with the freshmen. they have not had the opportunity to be in negotiations with kevin mccarthy like other members have. a lot of the notegotiations wer taking place prior to now, especially in the last few weeks. for mccarthy, it was another opportunity to try to win over some of the holdouts. it offers a window into mccarthy's thinking and into his strategy right now. he really feels deter...