we saw democrats outraised republicans compared to republicans out raising democrats in just 15 democraticd house seats. a big factor all cycle has been open seats. we saw a disproportionate number of house republicans head for the exits. today there are 32 open seats without a republican incumbent on the ballot. democrats have stellar opportunities to pick up republican seats in north the lines were redrawn before this cycle. which has become the epicenter of the house battleground there are three open seats that democrats have the chance to pick up. this is really a story of a battlefield that has increasingly tilted to democrats and could be really important 2022n insurance policy in if democrats do have unified control of the house, senate and in party hasthe lost a couple dozen seats in the house. the more democrats can pad their advantage, the tougher it will be for republicans to dig out of the ditch. have questions about an individual house race, now would be a very good time to call in and ask your questions. we can talk about the race ratings that the cook political report does.

democrat. good morning. caller: good morning. for me here in georgia, this campaign season has been about the restoration of decency, faith in the constitution and the rule of law. here in georgia we have brian kemp who craven lee and out trump oned to the covid-19 response. we have david perdue who could not run fast enough to his brokers to monetize what he knew about the coronavirus and its effects on our communities. doug collins and kelly loeffler who are racing to the bottom towards crazy and qanon. so i am so excited to be voting for a candidate on the lower ballot. knock. rafale more they have a real chance in georgia to turn our state blue so i'm super excited. can you speak to those candidates for me? thank you. >> georgia is really a fascinating state in 2020 and of course joe biden is going to be traveling to georgia which is big news because for the most part democrats have focused their energy on what we would consider the core battleground states in the upper midwest and states l

s are circuit judge democrats on the judiciary committee -- democrats, not republicans -- tried to do to judge thomas what they had done to judge bork. the public was now wise to the democrats' game. , whilerticular attack injurious, failed. so they resorted to the next tactic. organizing what thomas rightly called a high-tech lynching of a black man who dared disagree won back theewhen democrats white house in 1992, when the she was on the other foot, senate republicans did not retaliate. in kind.not respond 1993, judge ruth bader ginsburg was confirmed to the supreme court with 96 votes. in 1984, judge stephen breyer was confirmed with 87 votes. want, and in response we w ent high. did republicans' good faith behavior improve the democrats' behavior? no. it only encouraged them. within a decade democrats reached norms. the unilaterally escalated their war over the judiciary by filibustering for the first time in history a judicial nominee. and remains to this day one of the most respected lawyers and constitutional scholars in the country. he was a natural and inspiring choice to se

it, 53%tates that have of the voters are democratic. , werepublican reflecting see that democrats areore enthusiastic about mail than republicans. that texasote is does a lot of early voting. have 45.3% ofady their total vote in 2016 have voted early with many days to go. you see these things really stepping up. -- we see lines out the door. those are because of enthusiasm and social distancing. >> in our last session, you were less pessimistic than other commentators that we would see results on election night. do you still feel that way? >> i do. there are several factors. there is much more pressure on the counting of the vote and the exact numbers we are going to see a going to be delayed. we often know the winner for we know the final count in the state or nationally. it all depends on the margin. election, weclose might see significant delays. if it is moderately clear that a candidate has one, those states could be called on election night. we see a number of lawsuits going back and forth with changes to deadlines absentee voting and witness requirements. the supreme court ofte

not a single democrat during the hearing last week defended the democrats radical view of free speech, which is that the federal government has the authority to regulate political speech, to regulate your free speech and assignments you if you dare criticize the politicians. that is a terrifying increase in government power. there have been four votes on the left for that proposition, that the federal government has the power to ban movies, the power to ban books. that was the position of citizens united and not a single democrat would defend that proposition because the record people have no interest in a federal government that has the power to regulate free speech. on the second amendment, not a single democrat defended the proposition that the second amendment protects no individual right to keep and bear arms whatsoever. which means government can make it a crime, a felony for any american to own a firearm and there is nothing you can do to challenge in court. there are four votes for that. not a single one of the defense that radical proposition. i would say to all of us in the

if the democratic party feels differently.f the democrats decided that judicial independence is simply an inconvenience to their radical agenda, it just shows how little weight we should afford their criticisms of this outstanding nominee. now, on a related matter, if senate democrats were half as concerned as they say about america's family's health care, they would not have filibustered a multi-hundred million weeks ago. the senate on health, would allow more tests treatment and vaccine development like republicans tried to do just a few weeks ago. a senate minority that was prioritizing wellness would have let us spend more than $100 billion to make schools safe for students like republicans tried to do just a few weeks ago. the senate minority that sought to protect citizen wz preexisting conditions would have let us reaffirm legal protections for those americans like republicans had in our bill just a few weeks ago. a senate minority that was serious about economic recovery would have let us fund a second round of paychec

the democratic leader may support court-packing. the former vice president biden called it a live ball but the american people know these threats are an anathema to the rule of law. the senate majority will not let falsehoods drown out the facts. we will not reward hostagetaking and we will not be bullied out of doing what is right. we are going to follow history and precedent and do our job. senate before madam president get into the substance of my remarks i will refrain reject the republican leader. he came on the floor wouldn't be this typical vitriol made all kinds of accusations.

the number two democrat, two democrats, one republican at arithmetic.ot without significance that the poster for governor carter's campaign, which is behind me, says vote democratic. the poster for president ford's campaign, which is behind professor penniman doesn't mention the word republican. so, the job for president ford is to play down his party identification to win over those who may be of the opposition party or of no party. clearly the job for mr. carter is simply to hold, get out to vote, all of those who consider themselves democrats. if he does this, he'll win. in the past, democrats lose when they're divided and the party has a great ideological division, as it had in 1972, or when the republicans put up a charismatic leader, such as dwight eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, or the third factor might be when a democrat serving in the white house has done something that gives the people reason not to vote for him or for his party. so, these are the factors that, by and large, take away from the possibilities of a democratic victory, and we have t

with democrats. how we see things playing out next tuesday, we believe that the most likely outcome is that democrats have a net gain of four to six seats. for the senate you need 51 seats for an absolute majority, or if your party controls the white house you only need 50 because the vice president can break ties. with that projected net gain of between four to six seats we do believe that democrats will take back the senate this year. host: where do the democrats find those four to six seats? what seats do you think democrats will take that will give them that majority? the most basic path to the majority revolves around four seats that were always going to be highly competitive this year, arizona, colorado, maine, and north carolina. all of them represented by republicans, but all states that democrats can do very well in an that president trump is , if not down win significantly in the presidential election. those four seats make up the foundation of the path to the majority for democrats. change

republican senate, democratic president. now, my friend, the democratic leader, may be emotionally invested in this idea that i said something else. but that's in fact what i said. historical precedence supporting no confirmation in 2016, and it supports confirming judge barrett now. so look, madam president. everybody knows what's going on here. we know why the democratic leader feels this need to keep saying things that aren't true. our colleague is trying to invent a justification to declare war on judicial independence and pack the supreme court if democrats should win power. that's what this is all about. back in march, you walked across the street, threatened justices by name if they ruled against his wishes. and now, even though this court ended up delighting the political left with several decisions this very year, he still wants an excuse to pack the court. the american people know what a terrible idea this is. polls show majority support for confirming judge barrett an overwhelming, overwhelming opposition to court

as you know, our democratic >> my democratic colleagues are not participating, it will be my choice -- ttee. we are not going to allow them to take over the committee. they made a choice not to participate after allowing judge -- judgeour days merrick four days to be questioned. i thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions. i thought she was aggressively challenged, but not inappropriately. i want to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the kavanaugh road. i want to complement the republican members for asking questions that matter to you, but showing a tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went well. each of you, when this is over, hope you feel like a sense of accomplishment. this is why we all run. it is moments like this that make everything you go through matter. wheremoments like this you can tell young conservative place at the a table for you. this is a groundbreaking, historic moment for american legal community, and really, politically. senator blackburn and ernst spoke eloquently of how it is to

democrats boycotted the vote. the committee voted to authorize subpoenas for the heads of tech and social media companies. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. i appreciate all of my colleagues being here properly. as you know, our democratic colleagues informed the committee last night they will not participate in the hearing. that was their choice. it will be my choice to vote the nominee out of committee. we're not going to allow them to take over the committee. they made a choice not to participate after allowing judge barrett four days, two days to the question. i thought she did an exceptionally good job of handling the questions asked. i thought she was aggressively challenged but not inappropriately. what to complement my democratic colleagues for not going down the cabin all road. i want to complement the republican members of this committee for asking questions that matter to you, but showing a tremendous amount of discipline to make sure that on our side the hearing went

democrats, 202-748-8000. dependents, your line is 202748-8002 and open a special line for green party members, we want to hear from you, your line is going to be 202-748-8003. eep in mind you can text us at 202-748-8003 and we're always reading on social media on twitter@c-span wj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. howie, where are you seeing growth in the green party in the united states? are there a certain demographic you're going for or certain areas where you see the green party moving forward more than it was in other areas? guest: yeah. the people we're looking to, sometimes people say we spoil the election for the democrats. the truth is we bring new people to the polls. according to exit polls, we wouldn't have come out if jill wasn't on the ballot. we're looking at the 100 million people that didn't vote in 2016 and disproportionately working class, people of color and young. that's who we're aiming at articularly. we're getting a strong response from the young climate activists who know their

the rules in ways that democrats do not like. there's a big difference between breaking the rules and applying the rules in ways the democrats did not like. if the senate's going to function, we must maintain a distinction between when people break the rules and when they apply the rules in ways we may not like. when president trump won in 2016, senate democrats took yet another reckless and unprecedented step. they mounted the first-ever, the first-ever successful partisan filibuster of a supreme court nominee. that had not been done before. tried it on alito. it didn't succeed. tried it on gorsuch, and it did. so the message was, in effect, nobody who president trump anonymous is -- nominates is going to get 60 votes for the supreme court. no matter how qualified. of course, speaking of qualifications, justice gorsuch 's qualifications were simply beyond question. someone who frankly has gone on to issue some rulings, by the way, that these guys over here like, which shows you predicting what a supreme court justice is going to

the rules in ways democrats didn't like. the difference between breaking the rules and applying the rules in ways the democrats did not like, if the senate is going to function, we must maintain a distinction between when people break the rules and when they apply the rules in ways we may not like. president trump in 2016, and it democrats took another unprecedented step, amounted the first ever successful partisan filibuster of the supreme court nominee, that has not been known before. tried it before and it didn't succeed, try to on gorsuch and it did. the message was, in effect, nobody who nominates president trump is going to get 60 votes for the supreme court. no matter how qualified. of course, speaking of qualifications, justice gorsuch qualifications were simply beyond question. someone who has gone on to issue some rulings, by the way, with these guys over here like. it shows you predicting the supreme court justice is going to rule on has been hazardous guess most of the time. their apocalyptic trust, productions a

the 1976 democratic convention.

there are two democrats for every one republican.i thought you were going to say too many. [laughter] mr. hess: no, the number two, democrats for every one republican. so it's no surprise the poster for governor carter says vote democratic. the poster for president ford's campaign does not mention the word "republican." so the job for president ford is to play down his party identification, to win over those who may be of the opposition party or of no party, whereas clearly the job for mr. carter is to simply get out to vote all of those who consider themselves democratic. if he does this, he will win. in the past, democrats lose when they are divided. and the party has a great ideological division, as it had in 1972, or when the republicans put up a charismatic leader, such as dwight eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, or the third factor might be when a democrat serving in the white house has done something that gives the people reason not to vote for him or for his party. so these are the factors that by and large take away from the poss

the democrats take the house, the democrats who come in are likely to be conservative democrats. so, nancy pelosi, or whoever the democratic nominee is going to be, is also not going to be in good shape either because of these ideological battles. so just to wrap up, considering the past, and thinking about the future and the next few years, we think about the current conflicts over the speakership, there is no evidence so far that members want to upset what i call the organizational cartel. that is, there is no evidence that they really want to give up the system with the party is organizing things internally. the question is whether they can keep the system going together. i think there is an argument that if you just kind of look at the types of -- very abstractly, the types of contests that happen, especially before the civil war, and map those types onto the current conundrums for the democrats and the republicans, the democrats have the bigger problem. because the democrats who would defect from a nominee are conservative democrats. they could plausibly walk over to the rep

so, you know, in 2016, russia messed with the democratic party and the democratic candidate and messed with american voters to try to get trump elected. trump welcomed the help. he excused it. he benefited from it. he tried to get more of it, and then he won the presidency and spent the past -- you know, the four years since kissing russia's butt and letting them do whatever they wanted. but this time the president has been told, hey, rudy giuliani is being used as a delivery boy for the russian intelligence services trying to help you win again. and with that overt knowledge and with those overt warnings, the president this time is undoubtedly and unequivocally a witting participant in what russia is doing. nbc news, cnn, and the associated press all now reporting that this junk about biden that giuliani got printed in "the new york post," the president has been promoting, it's all now under investigation as potentially part of a hostile foreign influence operation illegally targeting our election right now in 2020. so, you know, second verse same as the first, only this time the coll

democrats is have tried -- democrats have tried to fear monger around a 4-year-old aiademic paper thatnforced one unfair penalty in obamacare -- which congress, by the way, has already eliminated three years ago. as an aside, madam president, if the american people are interested in which senators are serious about protecting americans with pre-existing conditions, they can simply look up the vote senators took last night. last night. every single democrat voted against legislation from senator tillis that would have cemented protections for these vulnerable americans. democrats voted to block protections for pre-existing conditions just like they voted to block hundreds of billions of dollars for coronavirus relief. and just like they voted to block police reform. and a thousand other things they tell americans they support but vote against no block bipartisan progress. is so here's another one of the made-up attacks. democrats are demanding that judge barrett commit, in advance, in advance, to recuse herself from entire categories of cases for no reason. this is another totally inven

that means republican as well as democratic justice departments, republican as well as democratic attorneys general. jake: let's get to the real reason we are here this morning. everywhere we go, and you guys are deeply involved in this, we hear about not only concerns this year with voting, but concerns systematically and endemically in our society with voting. i mean, i guess i will start here. there are so many places we could start, but let's start with the big picture there. the president is trying to sow kind of confusion and fear about mail-in balloting, about all sorts of different forms of voting. what are democrats doing, and you guys doing to assure nationally, attorney general holder, and in south carolina, senator clyburn, about the the security of the ballot box? atty. gen. holder: well, what we're trying to do nationally is, at the national democratic redistricting committee, we're working with a variety of groups to ensure election security in a bunch of ways. first of all, to make sure people have the ability to cast votes using the mail, if that's what they want to do, go

there is no move democrats have. a price onpose republicans for going ahead commit maybe telling lindsay -- going ahead, maybe telling lindsey graham he does not have decorum to proceed, but the committee chairman is in charge of his own rules. host: let's hear from edith in oakland, california. caller: good morning. thank you so much. you make my day. i was in the journal for a long time. agree with justice ginsburg when she said the president is the president until the last date, and needs to discharge his duty accordingly. theke what romney said, court was being -- for 40 years. not, they areare going to try to do with america like banana republic presidents get elected to. turkey. in judiciary, when they get power they need more power. i think this is abhorrent. i wish the wall street journal would shame the democrats and try to bring america to a banana republic. it is kind of true the arguments have slipped. in 2016, elizabeth warren and other democrats said it is the role of the senate to advise and advise and

i think he should call out democrats. call out the democrats.ve done from day one, not my president. avoiding the inauguration. boycotting it. the impeachment. spying on his campaign. to nancy pelosi ripping up the state of the union. it has been vitriol from day one. they have never accepted the willed of the american people. only president trump could withstand what he has had to put up with. you know what? look what they did to brett kavanaugh. this is a democrat party with character assassination destroying our country. president trump is putting up against it and he needs to be reelected so we can stop the vitriol once and for all. >> president sounded off on a range of issues, saying democrats are quote, addicted to power. they want to punish the middle class. they will replace the american dream with a socialist nightmare. his supporters say, listen he is living up to every expectation we had of him. his actions are speaking louder than his words. we had joe biden say the majority of americans who say they are better off today probably sh

democratic redistricting committee. they looked at the 2020 election, mail-in ballots, butter access concerns -- a voter access concerns, and democratic priorities. this is about 25 minutes. >> what an election it has been so far and what a month it will be. the contort of this contest between the president donald trump and joe biden continues to be upended almost every day. as we sit here less than 30 days before the election, president trump and a growing number of his inner circle, practically his entire inner circle has been diagnosed with covid-19. biden, who has largely been off the campaign trail, is now on the stump. he was in miami yesterday, and he is going to gettysburg, pennsylvania today. there are increasing concerns about absentee voting and access to the polls. we are going to talk about all of these things and a few quick news of the day questions at the top, so let's get started. anna: congressman clyburn, we have got a lot to talk about with regard to the election and voting, but we have to start with

the democratic leader claimed indignantly that his fellow democrats would never, never make an issue out other nominees personal religious beliefs. he took great offense such as saying with even be suggested. but the whole country knows that three years ago when the judiciary committee was considering this very nominee, this one for her current position, senate democrats did precisely that, exactly that. senior senator from california literally applied in front of the entire country that judge barrett was to catholic, to catholic to be a judge. here was the quote. the dogma lives loudly within you, she said, and that's a concern. the senior senator from illinois asked judgment in the official record, listen to this, do you consider yourself an orthodox catholic? the junior senator from hawaii felt compelled to tell the nominee, quote, listen to this, you would be a catholic judge. you would be a catholic judge. no one imagined these exchanges, but they happened on video before the entire nation. multiple sitting senators threatened in an open hearing that judge barrett religious view

becomes more republican or more democrat. whether we're more liberal or more conservative more red or more blue. i think the choice in this election is whether america remains america. >> as joe biden has said from the moment he entered this race, it's about the soul of our nation. who we are. what we stand for. and maybe most importantly, who we want to be. >> watch the vice presidential debate between vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris live tonight at 9 p.m. eastern from the university of utah in salt lake city. watch the debates live on c-span, listen live on the c-span radio app and go to c-span.org/debate for live or on demands streaming of c-span debate coverage there's also a link to each debate question and answer. see social media feeds on debate happenings and reaction and watch our presidential debate video from the c-span video library. >> with just four weeks to go now until election day, 2020 we take a look at the battle for control of the senate we're joined by jessica taylor of the nonpartisan

he is endorsed by democrats. he is running as an independent but will appear on the ballot as a democrat after a court ruling about the ballot. he says he is an independent and would caucus with democrats. he is raising a lot of money too. he talks about how he killed a bear and alaskan ruggedness. i think dan sullivan is still leading, but this is a race to watch. we have this as slightly republican but watch it in the coming days, it is one we are looking into. i think it could be moving into a more competitive category for democrats. host: five minutes left with jessica taylor. we want to get in a couple more callers. this is andrew in fort worth, texas. go ahead. caller: thanks for taking my call. jessica, i have a couple questions. the ralph lauren act, is polling, do you think he has a chance to get into the special normal -- special runoff? that is my first question. my second question is it is more about the presidential race in endorsing joellen biden. receivedvan mcmullen 22% of the vote. ifonder if tha

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with democrats.ow we see things playing out next tuesday, we believe that the most likely outcome is that democrats have a net gain of four to six seats. for the senate you need 51 seats for an absolute majority, or if your party controls the white house you only need 50 because the vice president can break ties. with that projected net gain of between four to six seats we do believe that democrats will take back the senate this year. host: where do the democrats find those four to six seats? what seats do you think democrats will take that will give them that majority? the most basic path to the majority revolves around four seats that were always going to be highly competitive this year, arizona, colorado, maine, and north carolina. all of them represented by republicans, but all states that democrats can do very well in an that president trump is , if not down win significantly in the presidential election. those four seats make up the foundation of the path to the majority for democrats. changeha

what we see is that there is a marked improvement in the democratic vote share for for the democratic party that they're winning by even more that if you start to incorporate any of these ideas about generations holding on to their various political preferences we're actually just seeing the democratic party uh start to gain more and more vote share over time going up to 2036 this starts to top out close to over 400 point win in the electoral clash so it starts to look like a blowout within just a couple of election cycles if nothing changed about these generations and again this is not a prediction saying this is exactly what's going to happen . but if you do take the idea of generations seriously and if you thought the idea that generations are just going to stay the same as they age this is what it would look like. one of the features driving this under the hood that's worth noticing again this is this that vote margin that democratic versus republican vote margin um on the y-axis and then for each of the age categories here i've plotted essentially how their vote margin is changin

is that something that nancy pelosi wants to whip her democrats, the democratic majority in the houseo support? or does it have the potential for something like obamacare where she achieved a policy goal but at a cost? >> it is going to be an interesting dynamic. the former solicitor general under ronald reagan had an interesting piece on this in the new york times. what i would say is assuming amy coney barrett gets confirmed which come a week or less before the election in which we get a democratic landslide, that will have some impact on attitudes among democrats. what is more important is going to be the behavior of the new court. michael mentioned earlier the failed court packing of franklin roosevelt. in many ways, it was a great success. put aside roe v. wade or even the para. -- even the affordable care act. the tries to put constraints on what the president and congress can do in terms of broader policy. what administrative agencies can do that enable it to make all kinds of decisions delegated by congress. will it move back toward the says theeal era that commerce clause doe

they will vote for a dog if it is a democrat. democratok at the states and cities, it is burned, luke, murder. they do not care about black lives. check the pages. as far as your uneducated rural areas, by the way, where do you buy your groceries from? they come off the farm, off the back of the farmer. has supportedp the farmers of this nation. uneducated i say voters, i do not mean people are not smart. traditionally, we are talking about whether it is a college degree and beyond. those are the categories people consider. this is a common complaint with a lot of elections. you are against something rather than for, show us what you are going to do. that is why we do debates. joe biden has a lot of plans on his website. he has his tax plan, his climate plan. the truth is the discussion is largely about donald trump and the response to covid-19. the caller is right about these democratic cities in north carolina that has been part of the fight. republicans have been upset that democratic run cities let protesters -- i should not

caller: i would like to ask this lady, is she a democrat? best is sheeak speaking as a democrat? guest: i am a journalist? caller: are you representing biden? host: she has a ready said she is a journalist. though you have a comment or question? caller: i do have a question. not mentioned the medicine -- i am 80 years old, i have social security. this going around of -- they want socialized medicine -- do you know what socialized medicine is? guest: so, let's have the conversation about socialized medicine, because it sounds like you're hearing about dust a bunch of mixed messages which have been going out for years. that is one of the most potent messages republicans believe they have this cycle, is the idea that democrats, who have proposed universal health care and things like medicare-for-all and single-payer, let that will create a social least system -- socialist system. republicans' main point going through this election is that that is the risk of electing democrats. the tricky thing is that, making the election a referendum on democrats when the president is up for reele

for a democratic state representative to raise issues with the democratic party when he is a democrato be crowd surfing ata trump representative to be crowd surfing at a trump rally. i've got pictures of you here, you are crowd surfing in this rally showing your enthusiasm for donald trump. have to say in the midst of a pandemic, lots of people in that photograph no masks, no social distancing. here's the bigotry between liberal media and the democratic party. we have had democrats including a former united states senator and a former governor, democrats in georgia, not only did he support a republican president for his reelection, but he even spoke at the republican national convention. but there is not a word from white democrats or the white liberal media. so that's the white liberal media. so that's the bigotry right there. why am i treated differently? because of african—americanjust treated differently? because of african—american just like many treated differently? because of african—americanjust like many in the media... i did not raise that issue. message rate democratic repr

to the democratic vote. votes will matter in a close election. host: this is how we are dividing the lines and we encourage you to join in on the conversation with your comment or question about campaign 2020. if you are supporting me trump-pence ticket, (202) 748-8001. if you're supporting the biden-harris ticket (202) 748-8000. if you are undecided or have another candidate, (202) 748-8002. wisconsin residents, please dial-in (202) 748-8003. or you could text us with your first name, city and state at that same number, (202) 748-8003 . according to a new poll by the research center, the university of wisconsin-madison. 44 inleads 53 to wisconsin. this poll was taken october 13 through the 21st. it's a bigger lead than he had in september. what's the lay of the land now? caller: the polling in wisconsin is pretty steady. having a is typically smaller lead for joe biden than what he has had in the national polls. in wisconsin polling that has arranged with most of the polls falling within a four to 10 point

lose whent, democrats they are divided. party has a great ideological division, as it had in 1972, or when the republicans up a charismatic leader such as dwight eisenhower in 1952 and 1956, or the third factor might a democrat serving in the white house has done something that gives people reason not to vote for him or for his party, so these are the large taket by a away from the possibility of a democratic three, and we have to weigh these factors in terms of 1976 where the democratic party is not divided, where president ford is not known as a charismatic leader, and where there has not been a democrat in this,ite house, so given we see one party playing at the democratic label, one candidate, the other not playing up his party label. hear a great deal about the personal factor in american grace of ahe coup de orcessful personal appeal the factor when someone makes a mistake. how much does this -- obviously, it affects the party orientation -- the party label orientation of the voter. how much does it really change this

the house passed the democratic preferred covid bill, the heroes act in may. i understand the majority leader and his colleagues find things about it they don't like. there is no expectation that they would just take up the house democratic bill and pass it, but we waited through may and in june and in july and then august until finally in mid to late september, the majority put a bill on the floor that we viewed frankly as insufficient. to take no funds for state and local government aid, no funds for rental or mortgage assistance, no funds for snap benefits or food aid, and it would have stricken state laws such as those that have been passed in virginia to try to provide a workplace safety standard for people returning to work in the days of covid. we voted the bill down, as the majority leader knows, but we did so with the expectation that that no vote would function much like the no vote in march functioned when we came in on a sunday and we voted down a partisan proposal, and a few days later, we had a bipartisan proposal, the cares act that has helped m