Pelosi’s Top Job in 2019: Referee Fights Between Rival Democrats
- Progressives plan on ‘leveraging our power’ to set agenda
- ‘There’s going be some tension,’ says centrist Gottheimer
Nancy Pelosi.
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Progressive Democrats are eager to set the agenda in the new House majority, but they’re about to face resistance from a large faction of moderates who want to tame the ambitions of the party’s left flank.
How Speaker-in-waiting Nancy Pelosi manages the tension, which is already on display, will frame the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination race, as the House will serve as the party’s main power center to advance its agenda and draw contrasts with President Donald Trump.