Nancy Pelosi fighting for House speakership votes
by Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times
Nov 14, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi is scrambling to shore up the support she needs to become speaker again when Democrats take control of the chamber, but a prominent defector said he has the votes to prevent her from regaining the gavel.
Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., who has long opposed Pelosi's returning to the speakership, says he has enough firm commitments from fellow party members that he could defeat the California lawmaker in a floor vote.
"One hundred percent," he said. "We're getting more all the time, but we have enough."
Moulton wouldn't say exactly how many votes he has in his
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