That ensued, and that still 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 t
And i think that this commitment to is that well, i think the record speaks for itself. For this president with his particular history and also given all the Campaign Rhetoric about diversity, with every administration, regardless of which administration it is, we hope that we have the more diverse cabinet, that, again, reflects america. Its a guys club. He has guys, you know, they go golfing with him. These got guys playing basketball with him. Women have complained quietly about being excluded at the white house since 2009. Were talking about a couple of cabinet positions that are being filled. And why dont you name and its not just gender. But its the exact moment in ones career and timing. It does go without saying that if this were a republican president , it could be a national outrage. All right. So lets dive in bring in the thursday morning power pow, joanne reed, democratic strategic chris delfinos. The other other cabinet members staying, eric holderer and other one that deci
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
Done in nine days, and i was assured they can do the same this time. It doesnt look to be contentious. Both committees, house and senate, trying to keep it as a noncontroversial thing, coming to the end of the session here, so they need to move quickly. Will they will able to do it before the end of the year . Absolutely. We thank you for your time. My pleasure. Panelists supported the use of tbil buster stating its a powerful tool frequently use the by both parties to block or delay . As action on a bill. This is about an hour and 15 minutes. We, of course, welcome on each occasion those who join us on the heritage. Org website, and we ask everyone in house to check cell phones are off as a curtesy to the speakers, and we will, of course, post the Program Within 24 hours on the heritage home page. Those listening online are welcome at any time to send comments or questioning us, email us, and hosting the discussion this afternoon is mike frank, the Vice President for government studie
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