Liberal Revolt Threatens To Derail House Democrats On Their First Day In Charge

Mike DeBonis and Jeff Stein, the Washington Post, The Gazette (Cedar Rapids)
Wed, 01/02/2019 - 4:29pm

WASHINGTON — House Democratic leaders are set to advance sweeping internal rules changes Thursday that would attempt to bring more sunshine to congressional governance and defuse a pair of political powder kegs that wreaked havoc on GOP leaders over the past eight years.But in their first day of power in the new Congress, Democrats must stave off a liberal rebellion after prominent Democrats said they would oppose the entire rules package that has been carefully assembled by Rep.

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