Rep. Ami Bera (D-Calif.) mentioned on Monday he is able to meet Republicans “at the 50-yard-line” and even at “the 40-yard-line” resulting from them being “in the majority.”
“So, the American public clearly wants more secure borders,” Bera informed NewsNation’s Blake Burman on “The Hill.” “Great. Let’s meet at the 50-yard-line. I’d even say, since they’re in the majority, we’ll go [to the] 40-yard-line.”
President elect-Trump’s 2024 election victory and impending return to the White Home has rattled Democrats, who additionally misplaced management of the Senate in elections final 12 months and can stay within the minority within the Home within the 119th Congress.
There have been ongoing conversations within the Democratic Get together about its candidates’ performances on the polls this 12 months, with some centrists saying the occasion went too left and liberals saying it did not go left sufficient.
Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) mentioned in a Fox Information interview aired final month that his occasion’s new agenda will probably be “very aggressive beginning right out of the gate.” Throughout the interview, anchor Bret Baier requested Johnson a couple of report from The New York Occasions in regards to the Speaker quickly having to take care of a slim Republican majority within the decrease chamber.
“Look, we’re excited about this. We’ve demonstrated already that we can govern with a small majority,” Johnson responded. “And, I’m very confident that we can check the boxes and get this agenda done, and [it’ll be] very aggressive beginning right out of the gate.”
Bera mentioned in his look on “The Hill” on Monday that he doesn’t consider his “entire caucus is gonna say, ‘Hey, let’s work with Republicans.’”
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