Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170104:15:56:00
And the president has given mcconnell a little bit credit for that as he's started to do this series of exit interviews. that set the stage for how this health care fight played out in 2009. the president at the time had democrats in control of the house. a majority of 60 votes. a super majority of 60 votes in the senate that let him pass whatever essentially legislation he wanted to. and what he chose to spend his political capital on was this health care law. eight years later, a lot of democrats have paid a price for it. a health care system that's dramatically different. 20 million people ...