- Title: Pelosi, Democrats celebrate taking back the House, promise to seek unity
- Date: 7th November 2018
- Summary: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 6, 2018) (REUTERS) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (DEMOCRAT - CALIFORNIA) DANCING ON STAGE WITH HER GRANDSONS WHITE FLASH PELOSI WALKING OUT ON STAGE, SURROUNDED BY DEMOCRATIC LEADERS AS CROWD CHANTS "Speaker! Speaker!" (SOUNDBITE) (English) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (DEMOCRAT - CALIFORNIA), SAYING: "Today is more than about Democrats and Republicans, it's about restoring the Constitution's checks and balances to the Trump administration. It's about stopping the GOP (Grand Old Party) and Mitch McConnell's assaults on Medicare-Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act and the health care of 130 million Americans living with pre-existing medical conditions. Let's hear it more for preexisting medical conditions. (CHEERS) It's about ending wealthy special interest free rein over Washington. But more than anything, it's about what a new Democratic majority will mean in the lives of hard working Americans. WIDE OF PELOSI (SOUNDBITE) (English) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (DEMOCRAT - CALIFORNIA), SAYING: "In stark contrast to the GOP Congress, a Democratic Congress who will be led with transparency and openness so that the public can see what's happening and how it affects them, and that they can weigh in with the members of Congress, and with the president of the United States. We will have accountability and we will strive for bipartisanship with fairness on all sides. We have a responsibility to find our common ground where we can, stand our ground where we can, but we must try. We have a market of a bipartisan marketplace of ideas that makes our democracy strong. A Democratic Congress will work for solutions that bring us together." WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) HOUSE MINORITY LEADER NANCY PELOSI (DEMOCRAT - CALIFORNIA), SAYING: "We must honor and respect the aspirations of our children. Elections are about the future and what we do for our children's future. So, thank you all for making the future better for America. God bless America!" PELOSI DANCING ON STAGE WITH HER GRANDSONS AND OTHER DEMOCRATS
- Embargoed: 21st November 2018 05:08
- Keywords: Nancy Pelosi Democrats House of Representatives congress
- Location: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- City: WASHINGTON D.C., UNITED STATES
- Country: USA
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00195IAE6F
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:A victorious Nancy Pelosi on Tuesday (November 6) said Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives will use their newly won majority to pursue a bipartisan agenda for the country and work for "solutions that bring us together."
Democrats have been projected to win enough seats to take control of the House after eight years of Republican rule. Pelosi is expected to seek the top job of House speaker, a post she held for four years beginning in 2007. She was the nation's first female speaker. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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