funding level. so meanwhile, ana, speaker pelosi says she is running for re-election. didn t officially say she would remain in leadership, but she said in the past that she would be a transitional figure. is she ready to transition just yet, as far as leadership? i think nancy pelosi will decide when nancy pelosi is done. if there s anything that i have learned over the past decade of covering her, you make speculations about her at your own peril. but certainly, 29 democrats in the house have said that they are going to retire and she has said, no, i m going to run again. does she want to continue in leadership? it s going to be a brutal midterm election for democrats by all accounts. it s in the house. and so i think there ll be an assessment period probably that have. few have been more effective at leadership than nancy pelosi. i mean, in the history of our country. she has a slim majority in the house right now. we ve seen a number of
leaders expressing optimism over two key parts of president biden s agenda. house majority leader steny hoyer told politico that he believes democrats will be able to pass voting rights legislation and the build back better act. but he didn t say how that could happen. this as house speaker nancy pelosi says she will run for re-election, ending speculation that she would retire. with me now is ana palmer, it s always great seeing you. steny hoyer says he s kmisk about passing voting rights and build back better. is there a path forward for either one of those? optimism is one thing, being realistic is another thing. certainly in the senate, we re starting to see that bipartisan group form that smaller, more narrow voting rights legislation. i spoke with senator young, republican of indiana, who s part of that group yesterday, and he told me that they are now at that pen-to-paper phase, so he seemed very optimistic that the group would be able to come together, but that s very
disagreements between progress ives and moderates. but while pelosi is one of the most effective leaders in history, could the recent fractures play a role in whether she stays or goes? probably more so, whether or not democrats remain in the majority, right? it s one thing to be speaker. you have a lot of power. she has the feet of being speaker, minority leader, and coming back as speaker again. so i think that s going to be a real question, as well as the soul searching of the democratic party, is it time for some new leadership. they have all octogenarians leading the house right now, and there s definitely been pressure, and i think also, just want a desire for generational change. so that s something that we watch really closely to see how she either continues to maintain her power, or if she decides, she s giving it a go and it might be time to be done. but nancy pelosi is the only person who s going to decide that. that we can all agree on. ana palmer, thank you so much for
but how it got that bad and how the crowd got that big with rallies in months prior to january 6th itself. and matt collins rejected kinzinger and cheney for their work with the january 6th committee. it was a violent insurrection for the purpose of trying to prevent the peaceful transfer of power after a legitimately certified election from one administration to the next. but the issue is whether or not the rnc should be singling out members of our party who may have different views from the majority, that s not the job of the rnc. ana, how significant is this? i think it s significant and i also think it s really a signal of how upset senators, members of his own party, were
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