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Nancy Pelosi fighting for House speakership votes

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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