pramila jayapal
The Washington Democrat offered Hillary Vaughn a question of her own before she promptly walked into an elevator.
“What is the point of crowing?” one Democratic aide said of the news. “As an important fact, it makes its own point.”
The mainstream progressive defeated Susheela Jayapal, a former county commissioner favored by the activist left.
The Washington Democrat weighed in on the president's reelection chances as a new poll showed him trailing in key swing states.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
"We are losing credibility," the Washington Democrat said as the American government maintains its unwavering support for Israel's attacks.
House Republicans use the "racist country" resolution to gin up controversy even though the outcome of vote was never in doubt.
The caucus of nearly 100 House Democrats just gave a big boost to progressives’ efforts to add four seats to the high court.
“That lack of integrity is stunning in a town where people say the only thing that you have is your word,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) said she told Manchin.
“We are not going to negotiate with ourselves,” progressives say as Democrats contemplate what to cut from Biden's Build Back Better proposal.
House progressives are driving a tough bargain on Capitol Hill. It took years of preparation for them to reach this moment.