Nancy & co. will ram through their radical left agenda and Heath Shuler will vote for it.
Then Shuler will be a one term Congressman.
Moreover, the House Democrats know that they have to deal with a cloture proof Senate and a President who can veto as well.
They are not going to sacrifice their majority for empty gestures.
The Constitution is still in place and it is very difficult to move our Gov't in one direction or the other quickly.
I would hope that these new Congressman are forced to vote for liberal legislation and then go home and claim they are 'conservatives' on those issues.
They only ran against something when they ran, now they will have a record to defend.