MS. MITCHELL: Democratic Congressman Diana DeGette supported the bill, but threatened to block it because of the anti-abortion language.

Congresswoman, thanks for joining us. First of all, you --

REP. DEGETTE: Thank you.

MS. MITCHELL: -- according to The New York Times, stormed out of the speaker's office when you realized what was going down over this weekend in these late-night votes. How did this happen if people such as yourself -- activists, members of the caucus -- could have been so blindsided by what the speaker agreed to to get those 40 votes? ...

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