Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100318:10:04:00
The president. in the parlance of politics, he got whipped. or congressional correspondent brianna keilar in washington. there's a lot going on with the house vote possible this weekend, lots of whipping going on right now. >> we call it whipping, we call it arm-twisting, violence, vigilance terms that we use to describe the rounding up the votes on capitol hill. and it's such a significant process that there's a leadership position in both parties called the w.h.i.p. they're supported by a w.h.i.p. team, members of congress, as well as staff whose job is to secure either a no or yes vote on a...
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