Jenna: joining us now, a democrat vowing he s going to defend the health care law, congress congressman peter welsh of vermont. what goes through your mind when you hear your colleague? well, obviously, i disagree with dan and the republicans. the republicans campaigned effectively, and they beat us good. they ran against obamacare, as they called it, they want to repeal it, and now they re doing it. they should own it because the specifics really make a difference to american families. they re throwing out health insurance reforms that are broadly popular in their district and in mine. things like allowing you to get coverage if you have a pre-existing condition like cancer, letting our kids when they get an entry-level job getting out of high school stay on our policy so they have health care, letting our folks, our parents who are on medicare be able to get free preventive care that is so critical. the e republicans are doing that, they re proud of it, they should say it, they sho
Why? joining us live democratic congressman dan bourne. good evening two years ago you voted for speaker pillows become speaker. this time around will you vote for her to become minority leader? i will not do that. i will not vote for her in the caucus, even if she were to win in the caucus, i will not vote for her on the house of representatives floor. i think she has been a polarizing figure. i think right now what the country needs is someone that is going to bring us together. that is going to be bipartisan, consensus builder. it is time to move forward. we need to go in a new direction for this country. i can tell you, people in my district were very upset about the leadership in congress, not only in the house of representatives, but frankly coming out of the white house. there needs to be some changes. you can t lose 65 seats and
Why? joining us live democratic congressman dan bourne. good evening two years ago you voted for speaker pillows become speaker. this time around will you vote for her to become minority leader? i will not do that. i will not vote for her in the caucus, even if she were to win in the caucus, i will not vote for her on the house of representatives floor. i think she has been a polarizing figure. i think right now what the country needs is someone that is going to bring us together. that is going to be bipartisan, consensus builder. it is time to move forward. we need to go in a new direction for this country. i can tell you, people in my district were very upset about the leadership in congress, not only in the house of representatives, but frankly coming out of the white house. there needs to be some changes. you can t lose 65 seats and
Change, but our commitment to serving the american people will not. we have no intention of allowing our great achievements to be rolled back. liberal democrats are cheering pelosi s decision. california congress woman barbara lee says that pelosi is the best person to lead democrats through quote, this challenging period and the congressman shue says that they note pelosi now more than ever. after losing 60 seats in mid erms it. some democrats, mainly moderates whose numbers are dwindling want to change at the top. and joe donnelly says he s disappointed she ll run again and kissle hopes she ll change her mind and not run and congressman dan bourne and mark ross say they oppose pelosi beginning as speaker. republicans say they welcome pelosi as house minority leader and think it might help them in the next election. a spokesman for the national republican congressional committee says if house democrats are willing to sacrifice more of their
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