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Top House Democrats show increasing confidence in retaking majority
SF Gate ^ | 5sep18 | Mike DeBonis

Posted on 09/05/2018 6:24:00 AM PDT by vannrox

WASHINGTON - The two top-ranking Democrats indicated Tuesday that their confidence is growing that their party will retake the House majority in November's midterm elections, as a new Washington Post-ABC News poll showed voters turning sharply against congressional Republicans.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., sent a letter telling colleagues on Tuesday that Democrats "must Be Ready for the prospect that we will be in the Majority in January."

Pelosi said that the top Democrats on House committees will write bills reflecting the party's "For the People" campaign agenda, with an emphasis on reining in health care coats, raising wages and cleaning up corruption in Washington.

The letter came the same day Pelosi said in a NPR interview that she has "every confidence" that Democrats will reclaim the House. "Not because I'm taking anything for granted, but because we're not yielding one grain of sand," she said.

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KEYWORDS: 2018midterms; democrat; election; trump; win
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To: vannrox

Confidence increased from .001 to .002.


41 posted on 09/05/2018 10:25:54 AM PDT by Leep
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To: Sacajaweau

Are voters being registered at those rallies? Is there any effort to register voters?


42 posted on 09/05/2018 12:23:20 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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