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Kristen Welker: “Will you put Medicare for All up for a vote if you become…”

Featuring: Kristen Welker, Host of Meet the Press | National

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Meet the Press Full Episode — August 16

Published | Video Starts at 24:48

All right, let's move on to Medicare for All. You co sponsored Medicare for all legislation from 2013 to 2021. You've not co sponsored it since you became Democratic leader. Will you put Medicare for All up for a vote if you become Speaker? Well, listen, these are all conversations that the House Democratic Caucus is going to have to have. Right now, we're focused on November 3rd, not January 3rd. (24:48–24:53)

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Asserts the possibility of a vote on Medicare for All if the speaker becomes Speaker of the House.

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