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An Insider’s View of Power with Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s Former Chief of Staff

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Is It a Good Idea to Go to the Floor and Lose?

Kai: I'm frustrated at the lack of willingness to fail trying big things on occasion, i.e. protecting abortion, minimum wage, gun control. The GOP gets in and tries and thankfully fails to impeach Obama and repeal ACA nonstop,. but at least they're doing what they promised their voters. Well, I wouldn't, I'm not sure that going to the floor and losing is a really good idea because you establish a precedent therethat there isn't greater support for an issue. Why don't we head to another phone call at Kevin in San Francisco? Yes hi, hi can you hear me? We sure can. Okay he's on pods.

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