Rep. Pramila Jayapal: Democratic caucus will be the most progressive 'in decades'
A group of incoming Progressive Caucus members takes a selfie at the AFL-CIO Headquarters in Washington, D.C. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal , the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, on Sunday highlighted incoming members of her group and touted the CPC's growing power within the House Democratic Caucus.Jayapal has been a central player in Congress' legislative fights over the last two years – evenDuring an event at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, D.C.
“There’s no question this will be the most progressive Democratic Caucus in decades,” Jayapal said, adding that they will have over 100 members in the 118th Congress compared to their current membership of 99.They were: Morgan McGarvey , Summer Lee , Robert Garcia , Shri Thanedar , Maxwell Frost Jasmine Crockett , Jill Tokuda , Delia Ramirez , Greg Casar , Becca Balint and Jonathan Jackson .
She also laid out parts of the CPC's legislative agenda: Abolishing the debt ceiling, reinstating the Child Tax Credit, expanding Medicaid through budget reconciliation, antitrust reform and DREAM Act immigrant protections.Rep. Jan Schakowsky , a Progressive Caucus member who was at the event, told Axios of Pelosi, "She's just moving a step at a time and continues to say we have this path to victory, dealing with an attack on her husband, she has a few things on her plate.
"So my sense is she has not reached out, really, to anybody in a serious way" about running again, Schakowsky said – though she added that younger members waiting in the wings are "of course" laying the groundwork to run if Pelosi doesn't.
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