Progressives
“Maybe they’ll believe us next time. Or maybe people will just keep calling us naïve," tweeted Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
James, a progressive whose investigation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) pushed him out of office, is running for reelection as attorney general.
A year after the left scored major gains against the state’s conservative Democratic establishment, one group’s litmus test is dividing progressives.
But she faces an uphill battle against Mayor Byron Brown, who is running an unusually competitive write-in campaign in Buffalo, New York.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
They want to see the legislative text of the Build Back Better Act and firmer commitments from two holdout Democratic senators to vote for it.
House progressives are driving a tough bargain on Capitol Hill. It took years of preparation for them to reach this moment.
The House Progressive Caucus chair said the conservative Democratic senator's reduced number is too low to accomplish the party's major priorities.
Though a self-imposed deadline was missed, Democrats still have time to figure out how to get President Joe Biden's agenda through Congress.
The president held a series of meetings with lawmakers on Wednesday in an attempt to quell the warring progressive and moderate factions in his party.
The effort to target Rep. Ed Case is another sign that the left is taking a proactive approach to passing key bills.