I'm Margaret Talib. Welcome to Axios Recap, where we dig into one big story. Today's Wednesday,

November 3rd, and we're focused on how last night's Republican election wins are playing today on Capitol Hill.

It's been a painful reality check for Democrats. Have they run out of time to enact their agenda,

that big infrastructure deal, and that huge social welfare package? And what do these results say,

anyhow, about their chances of hanging on to the majority in 2022? Well, this afternoon,

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi sent a dear colleague letter to rally her party.

Her message was full steam ahead. Nothing's changing. But to understand what Pelosi really means by

that, and where Democrats' progressive and moderate factions can go from here, we're joined by

Axios' congressional reporter, Elena Trin.

So Elena, what are you hearing now about how House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is reacting to those results from last night?

Democratic leaders feel more resolved than ever that they need to pass Biden's domestic agenda right now.

And we saw that come out in the form of her dear colleague letter Wednesday afternoon. She said that they're making good progress and on track to pass that

$1.75 trillion dollar spending package or the bill back back at her plan, but also, you know,

kind of laid down a marker on paid leave, something that

they're still negotiating. And it's clear now that the House is ready to move without the Senate

to get this done. And that's been kind of one of the biggest issues that we've seen hold up

this entire process all along. So I think if anything, they've learned their lessons from

2010 under the Obama

administration when Republicans last took back the House, and they're recognizing that they

need to get moving and start really putting policy and words into action to ensure that they

keep voters in line with them. She indicated in that Dear Colleys letter that nothing had changed because

the election results, do you think she was trying to signal that they were still on track to

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