(10-30-2021 11:26 AM)OptimisticOwl Wrote:  frustrated Democrats


Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.), the Congressional Progressive Caucus leader, said it should have been clear to Democratic leaders that many in her nearly 100-member caucus wouldn't be ready to back the bipartisan infrastructure bill without at least firm legislative text for the social spending package.

Has Jayapal replaced AOC as the “Progressive” leader? Sometimes it seems that we have three parties in Congress, with the “Progressives” forming a contentious parliamentary alliance with the moderate Dems.

I think both Dems and Reps have their more liberal and conservative members, respectively. It’s a two party system with multiple factions within each.

I’m not super into the progressive hierarchy, but I think AOC isn’t a leader, but rather a very prominent and vocal member that gets a lot of media attention.