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Democratic infighting engulfs the center-right over House rules vote

From The Guardian · () English

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  • House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries asked the Democratic caucus rules committee to consider punishing Jared Golden and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez after they joined Republicans on a procedural vote.
  • The vote exposed tensions between Democratic leaders and the party’s center-right, following weeks of conflict with its left flank over streamer Hasan Piker.
  • The Republican measure had appeared likely to fail before the two Democrats supported it.

Democratic leaders spent weeks battling the party’s left flank over Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer. On Tuesday, the party’s center-right delivered the surprise blow.

Jared Golden of Maine and Marie Gluesenkamp Perez of Washington sided with Republicans in a House procedural vote that appeared destined to fail. Their support salvaged the Republican measure and abruptly turned the spotlight onto divisions within the Democratic caucus.

Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, responded late Tuesday by saying he had asked the Democratic caucus’s committee on caucus rules to consider punishing both lawmakers. Golden is retiring, while Gluesenkamp Perez leads the Blue Dog Coalition.

The episode shifted the party’s internal confrontation from its left flank to its center-right, highlighting the strains surrounding a vote that Democratic leaders had expected to go the other way.

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Originally published by The Guardian in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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