Nancy Pelosi has planned a series of votes this month to satisfy both wings of her party and is desperate for a reset heading into the August recess
Speaker Nancy Pelosi is working to pacify her fractured caucus ahead of a three-week legislative sprint that threatens to further expose the divisions simmering among House Democrats.
By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time. The border legislation later this month could drag Democrats back into an immigration fight that moderates are loath to relive. And another progressive priority that will come to the floor this month — a $15 hourly minimum wage bill — has been a tough sell to some centrists who have feared“I think we’re going to navigate those one by one,” Rep. David Cicilline said of the potential legislative landmines lurking this month.
“Everyone was worried about progressive caucus becoming the tea party of the left, and it looks — at least for that moment — it was the Problem Solvers who were the tea party of the left,” Pocan said, unapologetic about the high-profile squabble with two centrist freshmen last month. But Pelosi noted that they failed to take down the House’s contentious border bill, despite their millions of followers on social media. Tensions spilled over into this week, as Ocasio-Cortez and other Democrats took the rare step to criticize their own leader.
Several senior Democrats are worried the political furor from that period could resurface amid a new debate this month over the anti-boycott movement bill — which had been promised to senior Jewish lawmakers this spring after the falling out over anti-Semitism. Democrats also plan to revisit the thorny issue of immigration at the center of last month’s blow-up, with plans to vote on a package of bills to address the humanitarian crisis on the border just before leaving for a lengthy summer recess.
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