Pelosi Elaborates On The Risks Of GOP House Takeover

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In unusually stark terms this afternoon, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi acknowledged that Republicans would be able to do serious damage to Democratic accomplishments if they retake the House in November.

"We think so much is at stake," she said during a conference call with bloggers and reporters this afternoon. "While they can not overturn health care, they can deprive it of funding. Same thing with Wall Street reform and the rest."

In the past, Pelosi has highlighted key Republican goals -- repealing health care reform and wall street reform legislation chief among them -- to attack the GOP. Typically, though, she declines to explain what Republicans could accomplish if John Boehner becomes Speaker, and insists that the Democrats will not lose the House.

"If the Republicans were to win they would defund Wall Street reform, health care as a right not a privilege in our country. The list would be a long one of things that they could hold up. They couldn't necessarily repeal with President Obama in office. But they could defund. And that's important for members to mention," she acknowledged.
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