Washington state congresswoman has become key figure in the rise of the progressives during Biden’s presidency
It seemed a throwaway line during a media scrum on Friday outside the House of Representatives. But no other comment by Pramila Jayapal, the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), highlighted her group’s growing prominence and leverage in Capitol Hill politics: “In the House,” she said, “everybody is a Joe Manchin.”
The Democratic Washington state congresswoman’s point, as the delicate cat-and-mouse game with centrist Democrats over the fate of Joe Biden’s flagship domestic agenda, was clear. West Virginia senator Manchin and his fellow holdout Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona might hold the cards in the 50-50 US Senate, but in the lower chamber at least the progressives were in the driving seat.
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