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Leader Kevin McCarthy should welcome the House Freedom Caucus’ rule-change proposals that would bring back regular order to the legislative process.
White house dynamic way better than i, can but i can tell you here on capitol hill, this majority was built and bolstered in republican districts. remember, abigail spanberger beat dave brat who beat eric cantor, that is the heart of the previous republican world. that res seats that republicans held for 30 and 40 years. elaine luria, another virginia democrat, in the new portnews area, and the seat that republicans held, yet this congress, they spent a ton of time dealing with progressives who are large in number but not the majority makers and moderates were forced to wrestle with these prog...
Expand the map into areas they never thought they would be able to get into, and democrats having to defend seats they have no business defending. seats that joe biden won by 19 and 20 points. so i mean it's a pretty grim picture out there. >> new york alone could give back the house to republicans. new york races alone that are super tight. new york races that are super tight for the house. but jake, going back to spanberger and your reporter max, she was complaining about progressives and said that the progressives were forcing these issues to be better than they were on paper already, that ...
Legislation that will have an effect on people's lives, it just might not do so for democrats in time for this election cycle. >> it is not just an incredibly productive white house in terms of legislation but it's important to remember that they did all of that with a tissue thin majority. >> good point. >> i mean a few seats in the house, and the senate, it is 50-50, but i have talked to the white house about this a lot, and their argument, which is not incorrect, is that when you have a fractious caucus, with progressives on the one end and moderates on the other and people like senator man...
Camilla to withdraw a letter from president biden urging him to pursue diplomacy with russia on ukraine. this is quite the reversal. at first there was a clarif clarification, and then a total reversal. >> that's right. it is, brianna. certainly the congresswoman in the statement saying she accepts responsibility for what has become a messy and embarrassing distraction for house democrats this week. in her official statement withdrawing the letter, the congresswoman acknowledges this has become a distraction, saying, quote, the letter was drafted several months ago but unfortunately was releas...