These Democrats are working with Republicans to possibly block Pelosi's House Speaker bid
Blue Dog Democrats and the House Problem Solvers Caucus make up the newest opposition from Pelosi's right.
FRANK DALE NOV 25, 2018, 6:58 AM
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has even more moderate Democrats to worry about in her bid to become Speaker of the House for the second time.
16 Democratic colleagues, later reduced to 15 when Rep. Brian Higgins (NY) changed course, signed a letter opposing the California congresswoman earlier this week.
Now another group of moderate Democrats is threatening to upend Pelosi’s House Speaker bid. And they’re working with Republicans to do it.
The House Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan collection of lawmakers that reportedly has solved very few problems since its creation, is refusing to back Pelosi unless she adopts their proposed rule changes.
Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) ripped the Problem Solvers’ proposed “GOP-friendly rules that will hamstring healthcare efforts from the get-go.”
As The Intercept’s Ryan Grim pointed out, the House Problem Solvers Caucus is backed by No Labels, an “aggressively centrist” political action group that has been called “the most useless force in American politics.”
https://thinkprogress.org/nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-house-democrats-problem-solvers-caucus-blue-dog-democrats-congress-speaker-of-the-house-2f78f55f404d/
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