Pelosi silences skeptics, locks down votes for speakership
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Rachel Maddow reports on the end of empty-calorie media speculation that Nancy Pelosi would not be able to rally the votes to be named speaker in the new Democratic-led session of Congress as Pelosi has now reportedly secured the support necessary to do just that.Dec. 14, 2018
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