that's with a congressional map during the congressional map this fall and then shift into the legislator districting. that will be really interesting for the be about a million people in the staple 100 house districts relative to population a pretty small districts and complex with high population density. we have legislative districts now as big a certain states. others that are a few city blocks. it will be interesting to see how that process gets going to wrap your head around the right way. >> joining us from helena to talk about montana redistricting process, eric of the montana free press. thank you for your time break. >> thank you so much for having me. so when they're 13 million pennsylvanians, they currently have 18 congressional seats. and they are losing one, sarah and hughes based in harrisburg. ms. hughes, why is pennsylvania losing a seat even though population did not go down? >> are population did not go down but did not grow as quickly as population of other states. and because of that. >> geographically wears the population being lost? >> essentially everywhere the for

he will has to sign off on the legislative in the congressional at courts. he will have a role in some of this. i will note, i'm sure some will chime in and have conversation to whatever degree governors do, it's kind of on the backseat on this one. ultimately a judge will prove the maps drawn by the florida legislature. or they will look at the maps drawn by the courts here because there is likely to be some illegal gerrymandering. >> what is the timeline for the process? >> that is a good question for the timeline was thrown off a lot with the late census in the census data the process was delayed a covid florida the last redistricting process this was completely different. there've not been public hearings across the state and the show to draw these maps and solicit public input. i would suspect there are certain to meet now i was suspect by the end of this year would have much better sense of what these things would look like. because this process nears me timeline perspective they want to cover ten years ago. there is still some questions don't hold me

. >> a look at congressional redistricting. phone the release the 2020 census data look for states beginning with the 2020 u.s. house elections and for their losing seats. matt dixon of politico florida and bridge, michigan talk about the redistricting progress for house races in florida and michigan with beginning with the 2022 cycle. >> currently there are about 334 million people living in the united states. that is according to the 2020 census figures were there represented in congress by two senators each of the 50 states and 435 members of congress. that 435 number has been set by law since 19209. now, with a new census figures out which take into account the population growth in the united states and geographical and demographically changes as well, the every ten year congressional redistricting will start. the new districts will be in place for the 2022 midyear elections. some states have lost members of congress, new york and pennsylvania are two, while some like texas and florida gained new members. well, to help us d

speaker, i represent the people of missouri's second congressional district. on august 26, my state lost a hero. lance corporal jared schmitz. this courageous young man had been stationed in jordan on his first deployment when he was called into afghanistan to defend the civilians fleeing the taliban's advance. he was eager to be one of the brave men and women on the front lines, making a real difference for the americans and allies trapped in a terrifying and dangerous situation. lance corporal schmitz felt a calling to be a united states marine. so much so he had gotten his parents' permission to enlist at just 17 years old. he was just 20 years old when he lost his life in the terrorist attack at the airport in kabul. lance corporal schmitz and the 12 others we lost in august went above and beyond the call of duty to protect those stranded in afghanistan. i sadly don't believe we will truly understand why lance corporal schmitz and his fellow soldiers died. nevertheless, their families and all americans deserve answers, mr. speaker, and those who made the d

they have a lot of the congressional districts there federally and state wide. population there has continue to grow. office of the past decade you've seen a lot of folks across the country moved to cities and new york city is no different there. so populations have increased their's and more rural areas which tend to be more republican in this state, those populations have decreased which will have political consequences. >> host: just from what you've said it sounds like it favors the democrats the redistricting process in new york this year. >> it does. there's one kind of nuance reason in particular does this year for years, decades the republican party in the state controlled the senate and it controlled the legislature was able to read all the district district lines. in this case, democrats are controlling the legislature they have super majority map commission which is a ten member commission is the first go around. ghost of the legislature be up to the democrats to decide which maps do they want, do they want to redraw it themselves. there's been some i

he will has to sign off on the legislative in the congressional at courts. he will have a role in some of this. i will note, i'm sure some will chime in and have conversation to whatever degree governors do, it's kind of on the backseat on this one. ultimately a judge will prove the maps drawn by the florida legislature. or they will look at the maps drawn by the courts here because there is likely to be some illegal gerrymandering. >> what is the timeline for the process? >> that is a good question for the timeline was thrown off a lot with the late census in the census data the process was delayed a covid florida the last redistricting process this was completely different. there've not been public hearings across the state and the show to draw these maps and solicit public input. i would suspect there are certain to meet now i was suspect by the end of this year would have much better sense of what these things would look like. because this process nears me timeline perspective they want to cover ten years ago. there is still some questions don't hold me

that's also important to congressional map because the congressional map for population growth has two additional districts were going from 36 to 38 now. the hispanic population growth is not reflected there. >> host: that's not necessarily a negative for the republicans as is on the 2020 election and the latino vote, correct? >> they would argue it's not necessarily that in south texas were president trump really got a lot more support than was expected. but, it is a problem for them and that not drawing any hispanic opportunity districts that are potentially running a foul of the voting rights act. now the map drawers have said they are drawing these race blind. i think that is an effort to sort of tiptoe around some of the supreme court decisions that came out in the last decade you can politically gerrymander you cannot racially gerrymander. at the end of the day there is no additional. under proposed map if these maps get challenged in court. there's talk the whole process could end up in court? >> undoubtedly. 1965 here in texas they have challenged every map since the 1970s. and

>> as it appears right now, this new congressional map will slightly favor democrats. it would be a competitive seat. >> how is the process run in colorado? >> [indiscernible] >> bente birkeland is with colorado public radio. one of the anomalies here is that nearly 40 million people live in california. population growth over the last 10 years has been 5%. for the first time ever, they are losing congressional seat. how does that happen? >> that is true. california, although it has grown has not kept up with the national rate of population growth. it has declined from 53 to 52 seats for the first time since statehood. most of that population sluggishness has been concentrated in the los angeles area. los angeles county, only has enough people for about 13 seats -- california has a redistricting commission. members that include an even number of democrats and republicans and independents make up the rest. they have to hold hearings around the state. they cannot take into account partisanship, partisan data or consider where incumbents live in the process. it really is m

you're watching the congressional baseball game. >> the congressional baseball game is under way here at nationals park in washington, d.c. an annual tradition that goes all the way back to 1909 bringing together lawmakers from both sides of the aisle, playing on behalf of local d.c. area charities. on air commentary comes courtesy of wtop radio. we expect the game to resume shortly. a reminder that if you can't be in front of your television, you can still follow every minute on the go with c-span now. that's our new video app that's free to download on your mobile device. >> we head to the second inning. i don't know how much more exciting we can get here folks. republicans put five on the board, lead it 5-3. pete aguilar was at the plate when the last inning ended. he'll get a fresh count here, steube, as the first offering. >> trying to catch our breaths here after two inside-the-park home run, consecutive. >> on the first pitch. back-to-back pitches. >> exactly. >> aguilar would like to start things off for the democrats and try to get it back. >> help himself out a little bit. 1

today that the biggest events of the day from lifestream to the house and the senate floor and key congressional hearings. even where we hear your voices every day. we have you covered. download it for free today. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> how will the redistricting affect california and colorado. we have more from the political report in our regional journalists joining us to discuss the issue. this is 25 minutes. >> currently there are 334 million people living in the united states according to the 2020 census figures. they are representing congress by two senators from each of the 58th and that number has been set by law and now at the figures out it's taken into account the population growth in the united states members of new york and pennsylvania and some like texas and florida are working together. we are looking at the census figures and the redistricting that is ahead, which political party do you see us benefiting the most at this point. >> we are going to have to wait to find that out and that includes the population of 2020, which goes to show that rural america is declining relative to america's cit

speaker, i represent the people of missouri's second congressional district. on august 26, my state lost a hero. lance corporal jared schmitz. this courageous young man had been stationed in jordan on his first deployment when he was called into afghanistan to defend the civilians fleeing the taliban's advance. he was eager to be one of the brave men and women on the front lines, making a real difference for the americans and allies trapped in a terrifying and dangerous situation. lance corporal schmitz felt a calling to be a united states marine. so much so he had gotten his parents' permission to enlist at just 17 years old. he was just 20 years old when he lost his life in the terrorist attack at the airport in kabul. lance corporal schmitz and the 12 others we lost in august went above and beyond the call of duty to protect those stranded in afghanistan. i sadly don't believe we will truly understand why lance corporal schmitz and his fellow soldiers died. nevertheless, their families and all americans deserve answers, mr. speaker, and those who made the d

we are going to protect the 18th congressional district and the 9th congressional district until the courts, we'll protect them if we have to litigate before the supreme court of the united states of america. >> let me say this, i want to go to other subjects but i wanted to have both of you on and i wanted the people in the texas senate of you two together. we have seen the national impact as well as the constituency services and many issues that both of you fought for. and we want to see exactly what we see on this screen, both of you to remain as those congress people until the voters in your district decide otherwise or you make other moves in your career. so i want people to take a look at this picture. we're not talking about consolidating it into one or having some fight that is orchestrated by those who want to reward people with some kind of trump-sized districts, when, as you just said, congressman green, when the growth has been more on the people of color in the state, yet how do you go from having more population, black and brown, but you're going to lessen the amount of

the way some of these congressional lines are drawn does raise some eyebrows.er look at the map. down here in this corner is the s city of denton. lately, it's been trending bluer but it's now drawn into a map that extends hundreds of miles out into the west texas panhandle. heavy republican territory. and if you take a closer look at the ft. worth and dallas area, look at this district in the way it's drawn. it stretches from ft. worth and kind of hooks its way around into dallas county. and it surrounds another district that one person described to me that it looked like a dragon spitting fire. this district right here. and when you zoom out, you realize that that district actually is a rural district that makes its way all the way out into east texas. despite this, the texas republicans who led the redistricting efforts insist the new political boundaries for state and congressional districts are fairly created. >> our maps were drawn -- drawn blind to race. once they were drawn, they were checked for compliance. we -- we were assured that all the existing m

. >>> texas gained two new congressional seats in the last census. the boom in population driven by non-white texans, but the texas republican legislature drawing a congressional map that overwhelmingly favors white republicans. a power play that will be in place for the next decade. cnn's ed lavandera has the latest. >> reporter: cruise down jefferson boulevard in dallas next to the texas theater where lee harvey oswald was arrested and you see the color and flavor that makes it one the most prominent latino neighborhoods in the city. but civil rights activists say it's the kind of neighborhood severely impacted by the way texas republicans have redrawn the state's congressional maps. the activists say neighborhoods like oak cliff are crammed into fewer minority districts to dilute the vote of latinos, blacks and asians. >> the growth in texas is fueled by latinos, 2 million of them, and blacks, asians and other communities of color. if we don't pay attention to this and don't demand that latinos are represented, we will find ourselves with no repre

and so they make the congressional districts way more white in response. things are going about as you would expect in texas from texas republicans. but as i mentioned, here is that aforementioned bright spot. the week after the november election, november 10, texas' republican lieutenant governor, bomb thrower dan patrick, posted this offer of a reward. it's all in the headline there. patrick offers up to $1 million in bounties for voter fraud convictions. texas lieutenant governor dan patrick saying, quote, anyone who provides information that leads to an arrest and final conviction of voter fraud will be paid a minimum of $25,000. almost immediately, somebody took dan patrick up on his offer. but it was assuredly not what dan patrick had in mind. lieutenant governor dan patrick's counterpart in pennsylvania, the democratic lieutenant governor in pennsylvania, john fetterman, started finding cases, individual cases here and there of republicans committing voter fraud in the state of pennsylvania. nothing that was going to affect the result of the electio

congressional reporter daniella diaz joining us live from capitol hill.o, daniella, update us where things stand. >> christi, ryan, democrats now seem to be on track for the next self-imposed deadline of october 31st. that plan that he had to pass the economic bill, the massive bill that would expand the nation's social safety net. and this separate bipartisan infrastructure bill that seems held up in the house by progressives. now, there's still a lot of sticking points here. there's still a lot of things that are being negotiated. mainly, let's be clear, between president joe biden, kyrsten sinema and joe manchin, the two moderate senators holding the economic bill up. democrats are now actively exploring a new tax on billionaires to help finance the package. the pay for the package is one of the sticks points. this proposal would affect 700 taxpayers. people who have $1 billion in assets and more than $100 million in income for three straight years. so, you know, the average american is not going to be affected by these tax increases of more billionair

if they got this process and say no, you don't have to comply with the congressional subpoena. are they going to make that argument? it won't stop them from making that argument. but they will look like hypocrites. yamiche: some smart foreshadowing on your part. finally, this week started with some sad news that general: powell passed away. he w the first black secretary of state, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, and national security advisor. he helped shape the foreign policy. he was battling cancer and parkinson's disease, died on monday due to covid-19 complications. he was 84. he delivered a commencement address at howard university. >> never lose faith in america. its faults are yours to fix, not to curse. america is a family. there may be differences and disputes within the family, but we must not allow the family to be broken. from the diversity of our people, let us draw strength and not see weakness. yamiche: a trailblazer, general powell applied those principles to his life and his work. still, his legacy was haunted by the u.s. invasion of iraq and his u.n. sp

jeffries: i want to simply thank the chair of the congressional black caucus, the congressional hispanic caucus, the equality cause cus -- caucus, the women's caucus swils the asian and pacific islanders caucus. the house democratic caucus is the most diverse caucus in the history of the republic. we awe thoantcally -- authentically represent the hope, this edream, the aspiration, the concerns, the life experiences and the passions of the american people. and we're thankful for these caucuses to have a president who is working hard to build back better. to invest in our community, invest in jobs, invest in the economy, we stand with him in what he is trying to accomplish and we're confident that we are going to get these transformative policies over the finish line and they will benefit our community and the american people. ms.chu: i'm judy chew, chair of the congressional asian pacific caucus. i appreciate the fact that the president spent this much time with us to talk about his vision of the build back better plan as we are going forward. that he had his top policy aides there to hea

texas got two new congressional districts added this year. two new members of congress added from texas because of a huge population boom driven almost entirely by non-white people. 95% of texas' population growth. it's new residents over the last ten years for people of color. 95%. texas gained 11 new residents who are hispanic or latino for every one new white resident over the past ten years, but that doesn't mean they get represented in congress. texas' new congressional map gives both of its new districts to white majority voting populations. the new map reduces the number of hispanic majority districts from eight to seven despite the huge growth in the latino population. the new maps eliminate entirely texas' only congressional district where black voters were the majority. even before governor greg abbott signed the maps into law, a group of latino advocacy groups and citizens sued to try to stop the new maps from taking effect. after he signed the law yesterday abbott got another lawsuit handed to him over these new maps. this one was

they are important for all congressional investigations. mr. bannon's and mr.e arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing. they suggest that president trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of january 6th. and this committee will get to the bottom that have. of that. let me add one further thought principally for my republican colleagues. we all agree that america is the greatest nation on the face of god's earth. truth, justice, and our constitution have made america great. almost every one of my colleagues knows in your hearts that what happened on january 6th was profoundly wrong. you all know that there is no evidence of widespread election fraud sufficient to have changed the results of the election. you all know that the dominion voting machines were not corrupted by a foreign power. you know these claims are false. yet, former-president trump repeats them almost daily. and he has now urged republicans not to vote in 2022 and 2024. this is a prescription for national self-destruction. i ask my colleagues, please consider the fu

the members of the congressional black caucus. [applause] thank you for your leadership, and i also want to thank the martin luther king 3, the former mayor, and the [inaudible] for their participation. and isn't it a thrill and an honor to be here, it privilege to be here with president biden today. thank you, president biden. [applause] and how proud are we that we are here with the first woman and first african-american vice president of the united states? [applause] [cheering] thank you. nearly 60 years ago, while it was actually 58 -- i remember because i was here. i couldn't stay for the speech because i had to go to get married. [laughter] we know how many years ago it was because that's how many when i was married. such an occasion to see how many people converging in washington, d.c. among others. and for people to hear doctor king, not far from here, deliver his call to action. now he said is the time to make real the promises of democracy. now is the time to make justice a reality for all of america's children. so, firs

what does that giant blob that now hangs off the bottom of irving's new congressional district?ondering what's in that blob, it's a whole lot of conservative white people. who are just stuck into that map for exactly that reason. the old irving texas district was 48% hispanic and latino, a lot like irving itself, the new irving district is 60%, white and only 21% hispanic and latino. voters in the old district picked joe biden, almost three to, one voters and what will be the new district, voted almost 2 to 1 for trump. the new maps. yesterday texas's republican governor greg abbott, officially signed into law the new congressional districts map. texas got two new congressional districts added this shear, to new members of congress from texas this year. because of a huge population, boom that was driven almost entirely, by non white people. 95% of texas's population growth, its new residents over the last ten years, or people of color. 95%. texas gained 11 new residents who are hispanic or latino, for everyone knew white residents, over the past ten years. but that does not mean

texas has 254 counties, 36 congressional districts, and now you have 2 more.f you look at the states around texas from new mexico, colorado, oklahoma, kansas, missouri, arkansas and louisiana. you add all these representatives and it equals texas representation. i don't know why they removed section v of the voting rights act for preclearance but the state legislatures and governor will try to attempt to make those 2 seats very red representatives which is in proportion to harris county, the largest in texas. but we will have taxation without representation and i believe washington, d.c., based on its population and the history of the northwest ordinance, should become a state and no longer just a district. host: michael calling from paducah, kentucky on the republican line. good morning. caller: yes, i would like to say if the democrats pass this $3.5 trillion bill, this country is going to change and it will never be the same again. thank you. host: we go to eva calling from henderson, nevada of the democrat line. good morning. caller: i don't know what the

we flip two congressional seats, we had three in the four congressional seats went to democrats. and we are going to make sure that we win this thing. we need folks with us. please go to abby finkenauer .com. let's make it -- hold these folks accountable. they are selling democracy down the line because of the fact that they cannot stand up to donald trump, the lies that led to that day, and our now going to stand on the stage and indoors that. >> what do you think it's about the iowa voter that leads them into donald trump's camp twice? you grew up there, what happened between 2008 and 2016, and 2020? >>and 20 16 and >> 2020 was tough but it ws tough everywhere. 2022, donald trump is not on the ballot, in 2018, we flipped the seats, we were able to win iowa as democrats. we can do it. again these votes are my friends and family, and iowa. i know who we are. i am someone who grew up a daughter of a union pipe fitter welder. my mom was a public school employee. and i know what it's like to have people in washington d.c. looked down there -- nose at you and think that they are bett

state's 38 congressional district. an analysis by 538 show republicans would be favored to win 24 of those districts. appreciate your time today on "inside politics." hope to see you back here tomorrow. ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. >>> he will ork. i'm ana cabrera race, in new york. thanks so much for being with us. it's a big, busy day. they have been reviewing the data for hours, and soon an fda panel will vote on covid-19 advantages easterns for kids ages 5 to 11. so how soon could these shots go into younger arms, and what about concerns among parents? we have a doctor standing by. plus, live ammunition on set. crew members reportedly target practice hours before the shooting death of an up-and-coming cinematographer. the big question still was alec baldwin handed a loaded gun? and major mistakes. police now revealing how they lost track of brian laundrie at one point thinking his mother was him. resources, money, time all wasted as the lone person of interest in gabby petito's death got away. we be

. >> hello everyone thank you for joining us today i am the representative california 45th congressional district i am excited to welcome you to environmental justice and the politics of equity and will introduce our distinguished panel that briefly to bring up our discussion environmental justice that is tossed around a lot without clear definition. today it is not about insisting on a definition that everyone has to follow but to understand the conversation we are about to have you should know what we mean when we say environmental justice which he will be heard as referred to. ej that is inequity environmental laws that disproportionately has marginalized communities. and has real implications for federal policymaking which is one of the major focuses of today's discussion. ej is not a single issue but to hear a phrase it is a way of understanding many of the issues that influence our quality of life. the way we bill highways in the homes of the families of no political power and is an environmental justice issue. and in the wealthy the suburbs and that is an environmental injustice h

republicans pointing out congressional analysis and congressional reports show the biden family pretty much used the same moves. christmas 2 1/2 months away. dr. fauci says, quote, it is just too soon to tell if you will be able to see your family during the holidays. really? the covid czar, now the christmas czar. is he trying to cancel christmas again? but he is blaming the media after it accurately quoted him. we have a preview of a big hearing on capitol hill tomorrow after a facebook whistle-blower goes public. says facebook purposely puts up polarizing, toxic, addictive content to get children hooked. that it puts profits ahead of your families. more on this story too, defund, defamed police movement is it is backfiring in a bigger way. look at this, senator tom cotton and other economists are pointing out this, that government data show violent crime is rising far more than the national average in democrat-led cities and this story. the white house refuses a request from texas to declare the border a federal disaster zone. panama, again warns 60,000 are coming. it also warning i

guest: congressional leaders are aiming to hold a vote on it this week. the highway authorization overall expires on the 31st. in some way democrats have a hard deadline for themselves to pass the infrastructure bill which would renew the highway funding and authorize $1 trillion for infrastructure. at the same time progressive democrats have said all along there needs to be an agreement on the social spending bill before they can proceed to a vote on the infrastructure bill. and one thing can happen -- can't happen without the other. this is a tricky act that leaders in congress have to work with right now. host: there is also the issue of debt ceiling. they were able to get agreement to republicans for a short-term fix. what did they do and what happens next? guest: the debt ceiling was extended until the beginning of december. their short-term fix that they had worked out with republicans. republicans don't seem like they are going to support another extension of it after that. one option that's on the table for democrats is to use that so-called recon

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so on the left, current congressional districts.right, how the texas gop wants them modified. much more red on your screen. it is cheating in plain sight. and republicans have frankly turned it into a form of art. a game they play well, and usually win. question and answer tonight, do democrats have a plan to stop them? with us, tom perez, who we must note is now a candidate for governor of maryland. good to see you. i want to start with the consequences of those maps. because there's so much that we are asking people to care about right now. we're asking them to care about the infrastructure and reconciliation plans that are on capitol hill. we're asking them to care about voting rights. we're asking them to care about the supreme court's very full docket. talk to me about the consequences of getting this right and getting this wrong. >> ten years ago, i was the assistant attorney general for civil rights, running the civil rights division. i always say the most important year in voting rights is the year that ends in a 1. why is t

. >> congressional legislative and local officeholders. yeah.from you to make sure that citizens are represented fairly in this process especially because this only happens once a decade. >> kron four's. ashley zavala talked with one of the commissioners about how the process is going so far. >> this is a process that plays out after the census. and in this latest count, california ended up losing a congressional seat in this state. finalizing district maps is not up to the state legislature but up to an independent 14 member citizen commission. we are doing the best we can. we are we do have a united front. >> to draw the best black lives and drugs. the fair is representation for californians over the next few days. the california redistricting commission is welcoming public comment on how it should set new congressional legislative and local boundaries. alicia fernandez is one of the commissioners out of sacramento. we want to hear from you. please be involved. the cms because it's got this going to affect us for the next 10 years. the commiss

we flipped two congressional seats.tatewide races went to democrats, and the republicans in iowa know that they can't win without donald trump and love it or hate it, he's not on the ballot in 2022, and we're going to make sure that we win this thing. we need folks with us. please go to abbey finkenauer.com and join us. we need to hold these folks accountable. they know they know they're vulnerable and they're selling essentially democracy down the line because of the fact that they cannot stand up to donald trump. the lies that led to that day and now they're going to stand on stage next to him endorsing it. >> what do you think it is about the iowa voter that leads them into donald trump's camp twice? you grew up there. what happened between 2008 and 2016 and 2020? >> again, you know, 2020 was tough, but it was tough where her. in 2022 donald trump isn't on the ballot. in 2018 we flipped these seats. we were able to win in iowa as democrats, and we can do it again. these folks are my friends and my family in iowa. i k

that the congressional black caucus is the conscience of this congress. and we stand here today to add our voices to make sure that people understand that we are in this fight. we are determined in every way that you could think of to fight for that exception on the filibuster. we want to be clear and concise and let people know that we are not accepting this. this is something that is unacceptable. we must have the right to vote. i thank you. i yield back the balance of my time. mr. torres: i yield the floor to congress member mcguff. miss mcguff: first i'd like to thank congresswoman and chairwoman joyce beatty of the congressional black caucus for her astounding leadership and really being on the frontline for the congressional black caucus. mrs. mcbath: i want to thank our colleague, ritchie torres, for his leadership tonight on the floor for our special order hour, for voting rights. and i really want to thank each and every one of my colleagues, whether they be members of the congressional black caucus or just colleagues here in this body that have

this may be the culmination of a many congressional's careers and think about it, every week, and it democrat announces the retirement and the democratic budget chair, only in his second term as chair has call it quits in the congresswoman, former chairwoman, has call it quits and 15 percent of the democratic leaders on appropriations, has call it quits. thanksgiving around the corner, i wonder if the president feels a little bit like charlie brown and the famous scene, with the football. his advisors tell them to come back up to the hill, and he promised this time this speaker pelosi won't pull it out from under him but we will find out today if she does the exact same thing. i agree with a not too sure that the democrats have yet developed the will to win in 2022. says lame-duck speaker just around the world on the farewell tour, put together a multi- trillion dollar bill in her office, you have to wonder, how long until the rest of the democrats we cup. speaker pelosi has destroyed this institution and its ability to function on behalf of the american public and is more democrat s