newly-re-elected republicans for the good of the american people. i wasn't sent to washington to be a democrat. i was sent to washington to work with republicans and democrats to fight for the needs of my district and do what's best for the country, and i think that's what the majority of democrats want. >> congressman cummings, you are at a fork in the road in baltimore. which way are you going to go? you're saying these are failed policies progressives want to go back to. >> going back to the article, i think progressives definitely want the president to fight harder. they felt he could have had a better deal with the tax bill. no doubt about it. but the fact still remains that we're going to, you know -- i think some people have gotten the wrong message about this election, particularly the republicans. i think what the electorate was saying, they want us to work together. they want us to work with republicans when we can to try to make their lives better. they want government to work for