Which is hes going to reach out his hand to work with the republicans. The question is whether they will reach out their hand to his. Given these narrow majorities, obviously the senate, democrats will control. The house is still up in the air. Voters in this country are going to expect their leaders to work together. The president has said he wants to take it slow in terms of defining priorities over the next few weeks in this lame duck session. Whats the business you need to get done . Well, margaret, as you know, we have to keep the government open and funded. That is obviously priority number one. Then and its going to take a little while still for lame duck priorities to really be set given the uncertainty about the outcomes of the elections still. I dont think anybody would be predicted we still would not know who would control the house of house of representatives. Additional funding for ukraine which has been, and the president says he hopes will continue to be a bipartisan iss
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Hovers, without understanding the 2010 elections, because thats the whole deal. An historic election for the Republican Party. Narrator and later that evening. Its a whole new political world for the president. Narrator he knew the worst. A whole new day in washington. Well, it was obviously a sobering outcome, the midterm. He was very unhappy and sad about the loss. We had a meeting at the white house, and the president began by saying, we got our butts kicked, and theres no doubt about it. Now the republicans back in power in the house of representatives. Narrator his party had decisively lost the United States house of representatives. Democrats are nursing a major midterm hangover. Narrator inside the white house, they knew things were about to change. Once you change power on the capitol hill, it changes how the other side of pennsylvania deals with it. Who are the players, whats possible, whether they want to get anything done, whether they even want to work with you. A lot of th
The federal government. We call the film cliffhanger. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. And by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from scott nathan and laura debonis. Polls open across the. Its going to be a fierce battle for control of the house and the senate. One of the most closely watched Midterm Elections in years. Decision day, voters across america head to the polls for Midterm Elections, with control of congress hanging in the balance. 435 house seats are in contention. And on top of that, 37 senate races and 37 governors races will also be decided toda
We call the film cliffhanger. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. And by the corporation for public broadcasting. Major support for frontline is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macarthur foundation, committed to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. More information is available at macfound. Org. Additional funding is provided by the park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. And by the frontline journalism fund, with a grant from scott nathan and laura debonis. Polls open across the. Its going to be a fierce battle for control of the house and the senate. One of the most closely watched Midterm Elections in years. Decision day, voters across america head to the polls for Midterm Elections, with control of congress hanging in the balance. 435 house seats are in contention. And on top of that, 37 senate races and 37 governors races will also be decided today. Narrator november 201