House Democrats Struggle to Find a Voice in Trump-Era Minority
- Despite weak perch in Capitol, they’re determined to rebuild
- Lawmakers seek early policy wins, Trump trouncing in 2018
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Jamie Raskin has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for less than a week, but he isn’t joining a newly energized and resurgent Democratic caucus like he hoped. Instead, he’ll be a freshman member of a party stuck in the political wilderness.
“For me, it’s a bit of a cold shower,” said Raskin, a former Democratic leader in the Maryland state legislature. “I had hoped I would be part of a big blue wave overtaking Washington and giving us the opportunity to make progress on many fronts in national politics.”