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A sign is displayed at the Clackamas County Democratic party building, which is in Oregon's 5th Congressional District, on Friday, May 17, 2024, in Oregon City, Ore. Two Democratic primaries for U.S. House seats in Oregon could help reveal whether the party's voters are leaning more toward progressive or establishment factions. Candidates running in the state's 3rd and 5th Congressional Districts largely share similar policy platforms. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

In Oregon’s Democratic primaries, progressive and establishment wings battle for U.S. House seats

By Claire Rush - Associated Press

Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference by the Congressional Progressive Caucus on the threat of default, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Ilhan Omar, Pramila Jayapal make secret trip to Cuba, drawing outrage from Republicans

By Staff - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., who leads the Congressional Progressive Caucus, speaks to reporters outside the chamber just after House Republicans failed to advance their own defense bill for second time in a week, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Top House progressive says outrage in Israel-Hamas war should be ‘balanced’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, next to Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, speaks about the threat of default during a news conference, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Jayapal blasts Phillips’ nomination challenge to Biden: ‘I have no idea what he is running on’

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., listens to a question during an interview Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Rep. Pramila Jayapal walks back comments dubbing Israel a ‘racist state’

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the Progressive Caucus, arrives as the House Democratic Caucus meets before a vote on the debt limit deal negotiated by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and President Joe Biden, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Pramila Jayapal gets pummeled by Jewish Democrats, tries to soften anti-Israel comments

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Congressional Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., right, next to Rep. Greg Casar, D-Texas, speaks about the threat of default during a news conference, Wednesday, May 24, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Democrat says ‘really unfortunate’ Biden allowed changes to food stamps in debt limit deal

By Ramsey Touchberry - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., speaks at a Congressional Progressive Caucus news conference as the House meets to consider the Inflation Reduction Act, Aug. 12, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Standing with Jayapal from left are Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., Rep. Mark Takano, D-Calif., and Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Deep blue wave? Leftist fringe makes claim for more clout as House Dems weigh midterm fallout

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the House Progressive Caucus, attends an event on heart health for South Asians, at the Capitol in Washington, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Democrats thrown into disarray by progressives’ call for Biden to start peace talks in Ukraine

By Joseph Clark - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, center, along with other lawmakers, talks with reporters outside the West Wing of the Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021, following their meeting with President Joe Biden. Jayapal is joined by from left, Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., Rep. Mark Pocan, D-Wis., Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif., and Rep. Ritchie Torres, D-New York. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Democratic Party’s march to the left empowers Pramila Jayapal for House leadership race

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Kayakers and boaters ply the waters of Elliott Bay with the Seattle skyline behind during a heat wave hitting the Pacific Northwest, Sunday, June 27, 2021. The day before set a record high for the day with more record highs expected today and Monday. (AP Photo/John Froschauer)

Congress’ left-wing leaders use Seattle as model for federal economic overhaul

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

Seventh District Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, right, speaks at a union roundtable focusing on how to strengthen unions across the United States, as U.S. Secretary of Labor, Marty Walsh, left, and U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., center, look on Friday, March 25, 2022, in Seattle. (Greg Gilbert/The Seattle Times via AP) **FILE**

Man accused in threats to kill Rep. Pramila Jayapal released

Associated Press

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., chair of the nearly 100-member Congressional Progressive Caucus, talks to The Associated Press about her goals as a champion of human rights issues, and President Joe Biden's domestic agenda, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) ** FILE **

Hate-crime charges possible for man making threats near Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s home

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., arrives in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., in this March 3, 2022, file photo. Progressives lawmakers like Ms. Jayapal say a budget bill before the House should not move forward if it penalizes states that have used federal coronavirus funds equally with those that have not. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

Man arrested in threat to kill Pramila Jayapal

Associated Press

Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., speaks to members of the media during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) **FILE**

Jeffries running stealth campaign to succeed Pelosi as top House Dem

By Mica Soellner - The Washington Times

President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talk in a basement hallway of the Capitol after meeting with House Democrats to rescue his his $3.5 trillion government overhaul and salvage a related public works bill, in Washington, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden asks House Dems to lower price tag of social welfare bill, pass with infrastructure measure

By Jeff Mordock, Kerry Picket and Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., looks on at a news conference in her office Monday, Jan. 6, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) **FILE**

Pramila Jayapal warns that $1.2T bipartisan bill dies without blood oath to pass $3.5T liberal bill

By Kery Murakami - The Washington Times

In this Jan. 4, 2021, file photo, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., center, joins other freshman Republican House members for a group photo at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Lauren Boebert seeks dismissal of ‘baseless and partisan’ Capitol riot ethics complaint

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times